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renewal of registration; and |
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| | | (3)__A completed application. |
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| | | D.__The complete packet for renewal of registration | | application must include all the requirements identified in | | subsection 3 as well as the following: |
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| | | (1)__An audited financial statement, including federal | | Internal Revenue Service 990 and Schedule A forms or a | | 990 EZ form.__Failure to file an audited financial | | statement of the organization's most recent audited | | fiscal year may be grounds for disciplinary action as | | provided under Title 10, section 8003, subsection 5.__ | | The office shall adopt rules governing the content of | | the audited financial statement.__Rules adopted | | pursuant to this subparagraph are routine technical | | rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A; | | and |
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| | | (2)__The nonrefundable fee for renewal of registration | | plus the required filing fee for charitable | | organizations receiving more than $30,000 in gross | | contributions. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 9 MRSA §5005, as amended by PL 2001, c. 323, §4, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 10. 9 MRSA §5005-B is enacted to read: |
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| | | §5005-B. Annual fund-raising activity reports to be filed by |
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| | | 1.__Content of report.__A charitable organization shall submit | | to the office an annual fund-raising activity report that | | reflects data from the preceding calendar year, on a form | | prescribed by the office, at least 60 days prior to the | | registration expiration date.__The report must state, at a | | minimum, the following: |
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| | | A.__The charitable organization's mailing address, telephone | | number and registration number; |
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| | | B.__The name, mailing address, telephone number and | | registration number of each professional solicitor, | | professional fund-raising counsel and commercial co-venturer | | with which the charitable organization contracts; |
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| | | C.__The date of each fund-raising campaign; |
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