(1) (a) A filing pursuant to KRS § 367.653 and this section shall be accepted unless the Attorney General notifies the professional solicitor or fundraising consultant otherwise, within fourteen (14) calendar days of the receipt of filing. If a filing is not accepted, the Attorney General shall notify the affected charity at the time of rejection. Within seven (7) calendar days after receiving a notice that the filing requirements are not satisfied, the professional solicitor or fundraising consultant may request a hearing. The hearing shall be held in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.
(b) A professional solicitor or fundraising consultant may submit an amended filing upon receiving notice that his prior filing has not been accepted.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 367.656

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.

(2) The Attorney General may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew the registration of a professional solicitor or fundraising consultant if:
(a) He has violated any provision of KRS § 367.650 to KRS § 367.670 or any administrative regulations promulgated by the Attorney General pursuant to those sections;
(b) He or any of his principal officers have refused or failed, after notice, to produce any records or disclose any information required pursuant to KRS
367.650 to 367.670, or any administrative regulations promulgated by the
Attorney General pursuant to those sections.
(c) He has made a material false statement in an application, statement, or report required to be filed under KRS § 367.650 to KRS § 367.670.
(3) Any party to a hearing who is aggrieved by the final order may seek judicial review by filing an appeal in the Franklin Circuit Court in accordance with KRS Chapter
13B.
(4) The Attorney General may bring a civil action directly in the Franklin Circuit Court or in the Circuit Court of any county in which the fundraising campaign involving the professional solicitor or fundraising consultant is being conducted to revoke or suspend the registration statement for any of the grounds set forth in this section.
Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 349, effective July 15, 1996. — Created
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1994.