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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1175 By: Stark
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to charitable organizations; amending
41	41	18 O.S. 2021, Section 552.3, which relates to
42	42	registration under the Oklahoma Solici tation of
43	43	Charitable Contributions Act; modifying fees; and
44	44	providing an effective date .
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50	50	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
51	51	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 18 O.S. 2021, Section 552.3, is
52	52	amended to read as fo llows:
53	53	Section 552.3. A. No charitable organization that is either
54	54	located within this state or that is soliciting contributions from
55	55	any person in this state, except those specifically exempt under
56	56	Section 552.4 of this title, shall solicit contribution s until the
57	57	charitable organization shall have registered with the Office of the
58	58	Secretary of State and filed information, as required by the
59	59	Oklahoma Solicitation of Charitable Contributions Act, on forms
60	60	approved by that office. At the time of registrat ion, each
61	61	charitable organization, except as otherwise provided in this
62	62	section, shall pay a fee of Sixty-five Dollars ($65.00) Forty
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89	89	Dollars ($40.00). The first Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) of the fee
90	90	shall be deposited to the credit of the General Revenue F und of the
91	91	State Treasury. Thirty-four Dollars ($34.00) Twenty-five Dollars
92	92	($25.00) of the fee shall be deposited to the credit of the Attorney
93	93	General Charitable Solicitations Enforcement Revolving Fund and the
94	94	remaining Sixteen Dollars ($16.00) Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) shall be
95	95	deposited to the credit of the Secretary of State C haritable
96	96	Solicitations Revolving Fund. Provided, a charitable organization
97	97	whose contributions during the previous registration period did not
98	98	exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10, 000.00) or if this is the
99	99	charitable organization 's first registration period and the
100	100	anticipated contributions for the current registration period are
101	101	not expected to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), shall pay
102	102	a fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) of which Ten Dollars ($10.00)
103	103	shall be deposited to the credit of the Attorney G eneral Charitable
104	104	Solicitations Enforcement Revolving Fund and the remaining Five
105	105	Dollars ($5.00) shall be deposited to the credit of the Secretary of
106	106	State Charitable Solicitati ons Revolving Fund. Each charitable
107	107	organization that is required to register under this act shall
108	108	register annually with the Secretary of State by the date that the
109	109	charitable organization files its Form 990 or by the date, plus
110	110	extensions, that it is re quired to file its Form 990, whichever
111	111	occurs first. Registration shall not b e deemed to constitute an
112	112	endorsement by the state or by the Secretary of State of any
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139	139	charitable organization or the proposed uses of the funds solicited.
140	140	The information so fi led shall be available to the general public.
141	141	The charitable organization shall provide the following information
142	142	on the required forms:
143	143	1. The legal name of the charitable organization, any trade
144	144	names that the charitable organization uses, any other na me the
145	145	organization may be identified or known as, and any distinctive
146	146	names the organization uses for purposes of solicitation of
147	147	contributions;
148	148	2. The mailing address of the charitable organization;
149	149	3. The name and mailing address of:
150	150	a. each officer, director, trustee, and/or equivalent, and
151	151	b. each salaried executive employee of the charitable
152	152	organization;
153	153	4. The name and mailing address of:
154	154	a. each professional fundraiser or professional solicitor
155	155	that will have custody of the contributions, and
156	156	b. each person associated with a professional fundraiser,
157	157	professional solicitor or charitable organization that
158	158	is directly responsible for the payment and
159	159	distribution of funds collected;
160	160	5. The name and mailing address of each professional
161	161	fundraising counsel utilized by the charitable organization;
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188	188	6. For charitable organizations that register for the first
189	189	time, a statement of whether or not the charitable organization
190	190	believes contributions for the first year of registration will
191	191	exceed Ten Thousand D ollars ($10,000.00);
192	192	7. The purposes for which the contributions solicited ar e to be
193	193	used;
194	194	8. For the initial registration of a newly formed charitable
195	195	organization, a copy of a letter from the Internal Revenue Service,
196	196	or other evidence, showing that su ch organization is exempt from
197	197	federal income taxation; or, for a charitable organization that has
198	198	not applied for federal income tax exemption with the Internal
199	199	Revenue Service or is not required to apply for federal income tax
200	200	exemption, evidence showing that said charitable organization is
201	201	organized in any state or jurisdiction a s a not-for-profit entity;
202	202	9. An identification of the period of time or periods during
203	203	which solicitations are to be conducted, which may be specific
204	204	periods, estimated or proj ected time frames, or continuous, and
205	205	which may involve different periods for different types of
206	206	solicitations by the same charitable organization;
207	207	10. An identification of the specific method or methods of
208	208	solicitation utilized by the charitable organiza tion and its agents;
209	209	11. Whether the solicitation is to be conducted by the
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237	237	professional fundraisers, employees or volunteers of the charitable
238	238	organization, and/or others; and
239	239	12. If the solicitation is to be conducted in whole or in part
240	240	by professional fundraisers, the names and addresses of each
241	241	professional fundraiser involved in the solicitation; the basis of
242	242	payment or other consideration payable to each professional
243	243	fundraiser and the nat ure of the arrangements between the charitable
244	244	organization and each professio nal fundraiser, the specific amount,
245	245	formula or percentage of compensation, or property of any kind or
246	246	value to be paid or provided to each professional fundraiser; and if
247	247	payment is based on a percentage, the amount of compensation as a
248	248	percentage of the total contributions received, and the net amount
249	249	of the total contributions received (total contributions received,
250	250	less expenses of solicitation other than amounts payable to an y
251	251	professional fundraiser).
252	252	B. In addition to the required information in sub section A of
253	253	this section, every charitable organization subject to the
254	254	provisions of the Oklahoma Solicitation of Charitable Contributions
255	255	Act that has solicited contributions d uring the previous fiscal year
256	256	shall provide the following information:
257	257	1. The gross amount of the contributions, gifts, grants and
258	258	other similar amounts received by the charitable organization;
259	259	2. The total Program Service Expenses of the charitable
260	260	organization;
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287	287	3. The total Management and General Expenses of the charitable
288	288	organization;
289	289	4. The total Fundraising Expenses of the charitable
290	290	organization; and
291	291	5. The aggregate amount paid, or payable, to professional
292	292	fundraisers and professional fundrais ing counsel.
293	293	C. Any registration form required to be filed under this
294	294	section shall be executed by signature, without more, of the person
295	295	or persons signing the form, in which case the signature or
296	296	signatures shall constitute the affirmation of the signat ory, under
297	297	penalty of perjury, that the signature is that person 's act and deed
298	298	or the act and deed of the organization, and that the facts stated
299	299	therein are true.
300	300	D. If a charitable organization that is registered with the
301	301	Secretary of State to solicit contributions in this state changes
302	302	its name or the mailing address of its principal office, or plans to
303	303	engage in the solicitation of contributions using a name that is not
304	304	listed on its registration form, then it shall, prior to soliciting
305	305	any funds in this state using any such name, file with the Secretary
306	306	of State a statement ex ecuted by an authorized officer of the
307	307	organization setting forth any new name and mailing address along
308	308	with a fee of Twenty -five Dollars ($25.00). Such fee shall be
309	309	deposited to the credit of the General Revenue Fund of the State
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336	336	Treasury Attorney General Charitable Solicitations Enforcement
337	337	Revolving Fund.
338	338	E. Any fraternal or membership organization not based in
339	339	Oklahoma which solicits contributions from any person of this st ate
340	340	by telephone, or contracts with professional fundraisers to solicit
341	341	such contributions, shall be required to have at least one member or
342	342	employee of the fraternal or membership organization residing within
343	343	the county where the call is received.
344	344	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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