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date. A registration statement must be kept current with changing
developments until the effectiveness date, but a registration
statement is not required to be amended after the effective date
except to correct inaccuracies or deficiencies which existed as of
the effective date. An administrator, however, separately may
require under Section 305(i) or (j) periodic reports or amendments
to keep reasonably current the information contained in the
registration statement.

 
7. Under Section 305(d) incorporation by reference is
permitted as a matter of administrative practice.

 
8. Section 305(e) is the substantive equivalent to provisions
in the 1956 Act and RUSA. This subsection is designed to address
nonissuer offerings where the seller cannot obtain certified
financial statements and other normally required records. The
phrase "without unreasonable effort or expense" originated in
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933. It is not meant
to apply to expenses incidental to supplying required information
required for registration in the case of a nonissuer distribution
by a person in a control relationship with the issuer or
otherwise having access to or contractual rights to obtain the
required information. Section 305(e) applies only to registration
by qualification under Section 304 and periodic reports for
either registration by coordination or registration by
qualification under Section 305(i).

 
9. Section 305(f), follows the 1956 Act and RUSA, and
authorizes the administrator to require the impoundment of funds
until the issuer receives a specified amount from the sale of the
security in this State or elsewhere and to require the escrow of
promotional stock until specific conditions are met. This Section
is limited to a security issued within the past five years or to
be issued to a promoter for a consideration substantially
different from the public offering price or to a person for a
consideration other than cash. The typical distribution subject
to Section 305(f) will be a relatively new promotional or
speculative offering. Section 305(f) follows the 1956 Act and
RUSA and provides that the administrator may not reject a
depository solely because of its location in another state.
Unlike the statute in Schwaemmle Const. Co. v. Michigan Dep't of
Commerce, 360 N.W.2d 141 (Mich. 1984), Section 305(f) broadly
provides that the administrator "may determine the conditions of
any escrow or impoundment under this subsection." As in
Schwaemmle, this power will operate only until the impounded
funds or escrowed shares are released.

 
10. Section 305(g) follows the 1956 Act in authorizing the
administrator to specify the form of a subscription or sale
contract.


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