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§ 6-302. Registration applications

West's Annotated Code of MarylandBusiness RegulationEffective: October 1, 2014

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Business Regulation (Refs & Annos)
Title 6. Charitable Organizations and Charitable Representatives (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Charitable Representatives (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2014
MD Code, Business Regulation, § 6-302
§ 6-302. Registration applications
Currentness
(a) An applicant for registration as a professional solicitor or fund-raising counsel shall:
(1) submit to the Secretary of State an application under oath on the form that the Secretary of State provides;
(2) pay to the Secretary of State an application fee of:
(i) $250 for registration as a fund-raising counsel; or
(ii) $350 for registration as a professional solicitor; and
(3)(i) certify that all taxes due from the applicant to the State or to Baltimore City or a county of the State during the preceding fiscal year have been paid, and all taxes the applicant was required to collect and pay over to the State or to Baltimore City or a county of the State during the preceding fiscal year have been collected and paid over; or
(ii) certify that the taxes due from the applicant to the State or to Baltimore City or a county are under dispute and the dispute has not been finally resolved.
(b)(1) An applicant for registration as a fund-raising counsel may register and pay a single application fee of $250 to cover all of the applicant's officers, agents, members, and employees who work in fund-raising, if the applicant lists in the application the name and address of each of them.
(2) An applicant for registration as a professional solicitor may register and pay a single application fee of $350 to cover all of the applicant's officers, agents, members, associate solicitors, and employees who work in fund-raising, if the applicant:
(i) lists in the application the name of each current officer, agent, member, associate solicitor, and employee who works in fund-raising; and
(ii) submits to the Secretary of State the name of each person within 10 days after the person starts employment.
(c) Of the revenues collected from the application fees under subsections (a)(2) and (b)(1) and (2) of this section, $50 of the application fee paid by each fund-raising counsel and professional solicitor shall be distributed to the Charitable Enforcement Fund under Subtitle 2A of this title, to be used only to support the actions of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General in carrying out the duties of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General under this title and Title 6.5 of this article.

Credits

Added by Acts 1992, c. 4, § 2. Amended by Acts 1992, c. 125, § 2; Acts 1993, c. 386, § 3. Amended by Acts 2014, c. 654, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.
Formerly Art. 41, §§ 3-206, 3-207, 3-214.
MD Code, Business Regulation, § 6-302, MD BUS REG § 6-302
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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