Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 527-H.F.No. 1856 
           An act relating to charities; requiring disclosure 
          from professional fund raisers; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1982, section 309.556. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 309.556, is 
amended to read: 
    309.556 [PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [IDENTITY OF ORGANIZATION AND PERCENTAGE OF 
DEDUCTIBILITY.] In connection with any charitable solicitation, 
the following information shall be clearly disclosed: 
    (a) The name, address and telephone number of each 
charitable organization on behalf of which the solicitation is 
made; 
    (b) The percentage of the contribution which may be 
deducted as a charitable contribution under both federal and 
state income tax laws.  
    If the solicitation is made by direct contact, the required 
information shall be disclosed prominently on a card which shall 
be exhibited to the person solicited.  If the solicitation is 
made by radio, television, letter, telephone or any other means 
not involving direct personal contact, the required information 
shall be clearly disclosed in the solicitation.  
     Subd. 2.  [PERCENTAGE RECEIVED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.] In 
addition to the disclosures required by subdivision 1, any 
professional fund raiser soliciting contributions in this state 
shall also disclose the percentage of the total amount solicited 
from each person which shall be received by the charitable 
agency for charitable purposes.  The disclosure required by this 
subdivision shall be given in the same manner as the disclosures 
required by subdivision 1. 
    Approved April 25, 1984