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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="6-507" title_number="6" title_name="Charitable Organizations and Charitable Representatives" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Charitable Solicitations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For each fund–raising drive, campaign, or event, a professional solicitor shall keep records that show:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>all compensation received for services rendered and expenses incurred;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the name and address of each associate solicitor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the amount of compensation paid to each associate solicitor and the dates when payments were made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the name, address, and telephone number of each person solicited who made a pledge or charitable contribution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the date of each charitable solicitation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>each amount pledged or contributed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>if a refund was requested, the date the refund was made.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The professional solicitor shall keep the records for at least 3 years after the end of the fund–raising drive, campaign, or event.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A professional solicitor shall make the records available to the Secretary of State for inspection and copying upon reasonable notice and at any hearing that the Secretary of State holds.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the records of an organization are maintained outside the State, upon reasonable notice, the organization shall make the records or certified copies of the records available at the Office of the Secretary of State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
