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D.__The total dollar amount raised during each fund-raising
campaign;

 
E.__The total dollar amount received by the charitable
organization from each fund-raising campaign and for the
year;

 
F.__The total dollar amount retained by any professional
solicitor from each fund-raising campaign and for the year;

 
G.__The total amount paid to any professional fund-raising
counsel from each fund-raising campaign and for the year;
and

 
H.__The total amount received from any commercial co-
venturer from each fund-raising campaign and for the year.

 
2.__Failure to file; discrepancies.__Failure to file the
annual fund-raising activity report required under this section
or disagreement between the report filed by the charitable
organization and that submitted by the professional solicitor,
professional fund-raising counsel or commercial co-venturer with
which the charitable organization has contracted may result in
disciplinary action as provided under Title 10, section 8003,
subsection 5.

 
3.__Contracting with unregistered entities prohibited.__A
charitable organization may not contract with an unregistered
professional solicitor, professional fund-raising counsel or
commercial co-venturer.__A violation of this subsection may
result in disciplinary action as provided under Title 10, section
8003, subsection 5.

 
Sec. 11. 9 MRSA §5007, first ¶, as amended by PL 1981, c. 456, Pt. A,
§31, is further amended to read:

 
Any A charitable organization, professional fund-raising
counsel, professional solicitor, professional fund-raising
counsel or commercial co-venturer having its principal place of
business without the State, or organized under and by virtue of
the laws of a foreign state, which that solicits contributions
from the people in this State by whatever means, including, but
not limited to, personal contact, telephone, mail, newspaper
advertisement, television or radio, or acts on behalf of a
charitable organization in this State, shall be is deemed to have
irrevocably appointed the commissioner as its agent upon whom may
be served any summons, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum or other
process directed to such a charitable organization, professional
fund-raising counsel, professional solicitor, professional fund-
raising counsel or commercial co-venturer or to any partner,
principal, officer or director thereof, in any action or


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