Amending Various Sections of Chapter 4 Licenses

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(e) Cost of Solicitation means all costs of whatever nature incurred in raising the funds solicited except bona fide educational material in such instances where the 'Solicitation plan involves the promotion or sale of merchandise or an entertainment event; the cost of such merchandise or entertainment shall not be considered as a part of the cost of solicitation. Compensation in whatever form paid to a "Professional Promoter or Professional Solicitor" is part of the Cost of Solicitation. (f) Professional Promoter means a person who for compensation plans, promotes, conducts, manages or carried on or attempts to plan, promote, conduct, manage or carry on any drive or campaign for the purpose of solicitation of contributions for or on behalf of any charitable person or engages in the business of soliciting contributions for charitable purposes. A bona fide officer or regular employee of a charitable person shall not be deemed a professional promoter by reason of his participation in charitable soliciations made by or on behalf of his employer. (g) Professional Solicitor means any person other than a professional promoter who is employed or retained for compensation to make solicitations in connection with a charitable solicitation. A bona fide officer or regular employee of a charitable person shall be deemed a professional solicitor by reason of his participation in charitable solicitations made by or on behalf of his employer. (h) Religious and Religion or Church means any activity directly involving the promulgation or observance of any system of worship or to the building or maintenance of places of worship. The words Religious and Religion or Church as used herein do not include Charitable activities as defined herein, even though carried on or sponsored by a religious organization. (i) Solicit and solicitation means the request, directly or indirectly, of money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of value on the plea or representation that such money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of value shall be used for a charitable purpose as those purposes are defined in this Section. These words shall also mean and include, but not be limited to, the following methods of securing such money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of value: (1) Any oral or written request; (2) The making of any announcement to the local press or by telephone concerning a local appeal or campaign to which the public is requestion to make a contribution for any charitable purpose connected therewith; (3) The distribution, circulation, posting, or publishing of any handbill, written advertisement, or other local publications. (4) The sale of, or the offer or attempt to sell any advertisement, advertising space, book, card, chance, coupon, device, membership, merchandise, subscription, ticket or other thing. (j) Solicitation shall be deemed to have taken place when the request is made, whether or not the person making the same receives any contribution referred to inthis Section. (c) Exceptions to Section (1) Political Parties as defined by Indiana law, their subdivisions, and their bona fide candidates for public office are specifically exempted from and shall not be subject to the provisions of this Section as the intent of the Section is to regulate the solicitation of charitable contributions. (2) Charitable Solicitations which raise less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) in total contributions shall not be subject to the provisions of this Section. -36-