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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="6-503" title_number="6" title_name="Charitable Organizations and Charitable Representatives" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Charitable Solicitations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to a raffle or other game of chance that a charitable organization holds in a county under the laws applicable to the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a person, in connection with a written charitable solicitation, offers a contest, sweepstakes, or other promotion, the person shall disclose in writing to each offeree:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the manufacturer’s suggested retail price or comparable retail price of each prize offered;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the conditions to be met to receive a prize; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>that to receive the prize offered in the promotion the offeree may not be required to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>buy goods or services;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>pay money; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>submit to a promotion.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the contest, sweepstakes, or other promotion involves awarding prizes by chance, the person shall also disclose in writing to each offeree:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the exact number of prizes offered in each category;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>how to get a list of winners, if a prize with a retail price or monetary value of more than $100 is offered;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>whether each prize offered will be awarded;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the date when winners will be determined; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <level label="1">
          <text>the odds of winning each prize, if they can be calculated in advance; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>that the odds of winning will be determined by the number of entries, if the odds cannot be calculated in advance.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each disclosure required under this section shall appear on the first page of the prize notification document.</text>
  </level>
</section>
