Regulating the Solicitation of Funds Residents of the City of South Bend and Providing Penalties Where such Solicitation Fraudulently Conducted of Respented

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IX COST OF PROMOTION - LIMITATIONS The ccst of promotion for a charitable solicitation shall not exceed a reasonable portion of the gross amount realized from all events held and publications, debts and services sold, given away, or used as prizes in connection with the solicitation. Cost of promotion in excess of seventy -five percent (75 %) of the gross amount realized from such events, publications, goods and services shall establish a prima facie case that the cost of promotion is unreasonable. X MISREPRESENTATION 1. No person shall directly or indirectly solicit contributions for any purpose by misrepresentation of his name, occupation, financial condition, social position, residence, or principal place of business, and no person shall make or cause to be made any misstatement, deception, or fraud in connection with any solicitation of any contribution for any pur- pose in the Municipal City of South Bend, or in any application or report filed under this ordinance. 2. No charitable organization or professional fund raiser soliciting contributions shall use a name, symbol, or statement so closely related or similar to that used by another charitable organization or governmental agency that the use thereof would tend to confuse or mislead the public. 3. Nor shall a charitable organization or professional fund raiser, solicit funds by the use of statements or material that would in- dicate that such funds were being raised for an organization or agency from which such organization or agency explicit permission for the raising of such funds has not been received in accordance with other provisions of this ordinance. 10