Sec. 30.26. - Solicitation requirements.

(a)

Prior to any solicitation or sales solicitation for charitable or religious purposes, the solicitor or seller shall exhibit to the prospective donor or purchaser a card entitled "solicitation or sale for charitable or religious purposes card." This card shall be signed and dated under penalty of perjury by an individual who is a principal staff member, or officer of the solicitation soliciting organization. The card shall give the name and address of the soliciting organization or the person who signed the card and the name and business address of the paid individual who is doing the actual soliciting. In lieu of exhibiting a card, the solicitor or seller may distribute during the course of the solicitation any printed material, such as a solicitation brochure, provide, such material complies with the standards set forth below, and provided that the solicitor or seller informs the prospective donor or purchaser that such information as required below is contained in the printed material.

Information on the card or printed material shall be presented and shall include the following:

(1)

The name and address of the combined campaign, each organization, or fund on behalf of which all or any part of the money collected will be utilized for charitable or religious purposes;

(2)

If there is no organization or fund, the manner in which the money collected will be utilized for charitable or religious purposes;

(3)

The amount, stated as a percentage of the total gift or purchase price, that will be used for direct fund raising expenses. If paid fund raisers are paid a set fee rather than a percentage of the total amount raised, the card shall show the total cost that is estimated will be used for direct fund raising expenses. If the solicitation is not a sales solicitation, the card may state, in place of the amount of fund raising expenses, that an audited financial statement of such expenses may be obtained by contacting the organization at the address disclosed;

(4)

The non-tax-exempt status of the organization or fund, if the organization or land for which the money or funds are being solicited does not have a charitable tax exemption under both federal and state law;

(5)

The percentage of the total gift or purchase price which may be deducted as a charitable or religious contribution under both federal or state law. If no portion is so deductible, the card shall state that, "This contribution is not tax deductible."

(b)

Knowing and willful noncompliance by any individual solicitor, seller or volunteer who receives no compensation of any type from, or in connection with, a solicitation by any charitable or religious organization shall subject that individual the solicitor or seller to the penalties of this article.

(c)

When the solicitation is not a sales solicitation, any individual volunteer who receives no compensation of any type from, or in connection with, a solicitation by any charitable or religious organization, may comply with the disclosure provisions by providing the name and address of the charitable or religious organization on behalf of which all or any part of the money collected will be utilized for charitable or religious purposes, by stating the charitable purposes for which the solicitation is made, and by stating to the person solicited that information about revenues and expenses of such organization, including its administration and fund raising costs, may be obtained by contacting the organization's office at the address disclosed. Such organization shall provide such information to the person solicited within seven days after receipt of the request. If the volunteer is ten (10) years of age or younger, he is not required to make any disclosure.

(Ord. No. 98-17, § 1, 4-22-98)