| (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 §5008, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 541, §12, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Registration. A person or entity may not act as a | professional solicitor, a professional fund-raising counsel or a | commercial co-venturer before that person or entity has | registered with the office. Applications for registration or | reregistration must be in writing, under oath, in the form | prescribed by the office and accompanied by an application fee | and a registration fee. The application fee is nonrefundable. | The applicant, except for applicants that are registering as | professional fund-raising counsel, shall, at the time of making | application for registration or reregistration, file with and | have approved by the office a bond, in which the applicant must | be the principal obligor and the State the obligee, in the sum of | $25,000, with one or more responsible sureties whose liability in | the aggregate as such sureties at least equals that sum. The | bond runs to any person or entity who may have a cause of action | against the principal obligor of the bond for any malfeasance or | misfeasance in the conduct of charitable solicitation in this | State. Registration is for a period of one year. |
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| | Sec. 10. 9 MRSA §5008, sub-§1-A, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 386, Pt. | A, §16, is amended to read: |
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| C. The complete application packet must include: |
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| (1) All forms required in this section; |
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| (2) A Except for professional fund-raising counsel, a | bond approved by the department in the sum of $25,000 | with one or more responsible sureties whose liability | in the aggregate as such sureties at least equals that | sum. The bond must expire on the stated date of | expiration and be kept on file in the office for 3 | years; and |
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| (3) A $200 renewal of registration fee. |
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| | Sec. 11. 9 MRSA §5008, sub-§1-A, ¶G is enacted to read: |
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| G.__A professional fund-raising counsel who is applying for | a renewal of registration must submit: |
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| (1)__A renewal of registration fee; and |
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