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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="6-509" title_number="6" title_name="Charitable Organizations and Charitable Representatives" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Charitable Solicitations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The only persons liable under this section are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>charitable organizations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>charitable representatives; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>officers, directors, partners, or trustees of charitable organizations or charitable representatives.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a person who willfully fails to comply with a requirement of this title as to a charitable contribution made because of a charitable solicitation is liable to the donor of the charitable contribution for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>actual damages that the donor sustains because of the failure;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>punitive damages that the court allows, not exceeding 3 times the actual damages; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>reasonable attorney’s fees and costs of the action, if damages are awarded.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a person who is grossly negligent in failing to comply with a requirement of this title as to a charitable contribution made because of a charitable solicitation is liable to the donor of the charitable contribution for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>actual damages that the donor sustains because of the failure; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>reasonable attorney’s fees and costs of the action, if damages are awarded.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person is not liable under this section if the person establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that, at the time of the failure to comply with a requirement under this title, the person followed reasonable procedures to comply.</text>
  </level>
</section>
