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agreement on the basis of funds actually raised or to be raised, or | for any financial consideration of any kind or amount, plans, | conducts, manages, carries on, advises or acts as a consultant, | whether directly or indirectly, in connection with soliciting | contributions for or on behalf of any charitable organization | | retained, for compensation, by a charitable organization to plan, | | manage, advise or provide consultation services with respect to the | | solicitation in this State of contributions, but who does not | | solicit contributions, has neither custody nor control of | | contributions and does not directly or indirectly employ, procure | | or engage any person compensated to solicit contributions. A bona | fide salaried officer or employee of a charitable organization, | including an employee of a parent organization, shall not be deemed | to be a professional fund-raising counsel unless that person's | salary or other compensation is computed on the basis of funds to | be raised or actually raised or the services performed by the | person are performed on behalf of some organization other than the | one which employs that person or a chapter, branch or affiliate | thereof | | organization is not considered to be a professional fund-raising | counsel. No | | advises any person to make a contribution to a charitable | organization shall be deemed | to be |
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| | | Sec. 5. 9 MRSA §5004, sub-§3, ¶N, as repealed and replaced by PL 1979, | | c. 678, §5, is amended to read: |
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| | | N. The total amount of money received as contributions | | during the organization's preceding fiscal year and the | dates of the fiscal year; and |
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| | | Sec. 6. 9 MRSA §5004, sub-§3, ¶O, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 488, §1, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | O. The estimated percentage of each dollar contribution | which. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 9 MRSA §5004, sub-§3, ¶P is enacted to read: |
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| | | P.__A determination letter from the federal Internal Revenue | | Service, confirming the tax-exempt status of the charitable | | organization. |
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| | | Sec. 8. 9 MRSA §5004, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 323, §§2 and | | 3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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