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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| | Sec. 9. 9 MRSA §5005, as amended by PL 2001, c. 323, §4, is | repealed.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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