Kansas Statutes 17-1771. Registration not endorsement by state; unlawful to advertise compliance with this act; penalty
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 17-1771
- Charitable organization: means any person who engages in the activity of soliciting funds or donations for, or purported to be for, any fraternal, benevolent, social, educational, alumni, historical, humane, public health or other charitable purpose. See Kansas Statutes 17-1760
- professional solicitor: means any person who is employed or retained for compensation by a professional fund raiser to solicit contributions for charitable purposes from persons in this state; and
(f) "solicitation" means any request or appeal, either oral or written, or any endeavor to obtain, seek or plead for funds, property, financial assistance or other thing of value, including the promise or grant of any money or property of any kind or value for a charitable purpose, but excluding:
(1) Direct grants or allocation of funds received or solicited from any affiliated fund-raising organization by a member agency; and
(2) unsolicited contributions received from any individual donor, foundation, trust, governmental agency or other source, unless such contributions are received in conjunction with a solicitation drive. See Kansas Statutes 17-1760
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
Registration under the charitable organizations and solicitations act shall not be deemed to constitute an endorsement by the state of Kansas of any registering charitable organization, professional fund raiser or professional solicitor. It shall be unlawful for any charitable organization, professional fund raiser or professional solicitor to represent, directly or indirectly, by advertising or any other manner, that such charitable organization, professional fund raiser or professional solicitor has registered or otherwise complied with the provisions of the charitable organizations and solicitations act, for the purpose of solicitation and collection of funds for charitable purposes. The attorney general shall cancel the registration of any organization, professional fund raiser or professional solicitor that violates the provisions of this section.