(A) Any person desiring to register and obtain a permit as herein required shall make application to the Commission. Such application shall be sworn to or affirmed and filed with the Commission not less than 60 days prior to the time at which the permit applied for shall become effective; provided, however, that the Commission may, for good cause shown, allow the filing of an application less than 60 days prior to the effective date of the registration and permit applied for.
(B) The application herein required shall contain the following information:
(1) The name, address or principal office of the person applying for the permit;
(2) If the applicant is not an individual, the names and addresses of the applicant’s principal officers and executives and a copy of the resolution, if any, authorizing such solicitation, certified to as a true and correct copy of the original by the officer having charge of the applicant’s records;
(3) The purpose for which solicitation is to be made, the total amount of funds proposed to be raised thereby and the use or disposition to be made of any receipts therefrom;
(4) A specific statement, supported by facts and figures, if any, showing the need for the contributions to be solicited;
(5) The name and address of the person or persons by whom the receipts of such solicitations will be disbursed;
(6) The name and address of the person or persons who will be in direct charge of conducting the solicitation, and the names of all fundraisers connected, or to be connected, with the proposed solicitation if said fundraisers shall receive any paid compensation for their services;
(7) An outline of the method or methods to be used in conducting the solicitation;
(8) The time when such solicitation will be made, giving the preferred dates and the hour of day for the commencement and termination of such solicitation;
(9) The estimated cost of the solicitation;
(10) The amount of any wages, fees, commissions, expenses or emoluments to be expended or paid to any person in connection with such solicitations and the names and addresses of all such persons. The Commission may elect not to require such information as to regular staff or charitable organizations maintaining a permanent office in the town;
(11) A financial statement for the past preceding fiscal year of any funds collected for charitable purposes by the applicant, said statement giving the amount of money so raised, together with the cost of raising it, and the final distribution thereof;
(12) A full statement of the character and extent of the charitable work being done or to be done by the applicant, and showing how much thereof is being done or to be done in the town;
(13) A statement to the effect that if registration and a permit is granted, it will not be used or represented in any way as an endorsement by the town or by any department or officer thereof; and
(14) Such other information as may be reasonably required by the Commission in order for it to determine the kind, character and method of the proposed solicitation, and whether such solicitation is in the interest of, and not inimical to, the safety, convenience or welfare of the residents of the town.
(C) If, while any application is pending or during the term of any permit granted thereof, there is any substantial change in fact, policy or method that would materially alter the information given in the application, the applicant shall notify the Commission in writing thereof within 72 hours after such change. Should the applicant fail to so notify the Commission, any permit issued to said applicant prior thereto shall stand suspended until a hearing is had pursuant to § 111.16 of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 43.04)
Cross-reference:
Related form, see Ch. 111, Appx. A