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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="6-404" title_number="6" title_name="Charitable Organizations and Charitable Representatives" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Charitable Organizations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the Secretary of State finds that an applicant for registration has complied with this title and the regulations adopted under it, the Secretary of State shall approve the application.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Secretary of State finds that an applicant for registration has not complied with this title and the regulations adopted under it applicable to registration, the Secretary of State:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall notify the applicant of the reasons the applicant is not in compliance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for each month or part of a month that the applicant is not in compliance, may assess a fee of $25 30 days after a second notice is sent, by regular mail, to the applicant at the address on file with the Secretary of State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Secretary of State fails to notify the applicant of a noncompliant application within 10 business days as required by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the applicant shall be deemed registered.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant for registration who receives notice of a noncompliant application under subsection (b) of this section may request a hearing with the Secretary of State within 7 business days after receiving the notice.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary of State shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>hold a hearing within 7 business days after a request for a hearing from an applicant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>make a final decision within 3 business days after the hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
