For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACT. The Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act (Conn. Gen. Stat. Chapter 299a, Revision of 1958, as amended from time to time).
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. Any benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, patriotic or eleemosynary person or one holding itself out to be a charitable organization or one which has received a tax exemption from the United States government or any state or municipality by reason of its charitable nature or any person, other than a professional fund-raising counsel or professional solicitor, who solicits or obtains contributions solicited from the public for charitable purposes.
(Ord. passed 4-6-1976)
Editor’s note:
TM Volume 12, page 223