Title 45, Title 45: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

45:17A-22 Review of registration statement. 5. If the Attorney General determines that the registration or contract requirements established by this act are not satisfied, the Attorney General shall notify the filing party or registrant within 10 business days of receipt of the r…

45:17A-23. Filing of registration statement, fees 6. a. A charitable organization, unless exempted from registration requirements pursuant to section 9 of this act, shall file a registration statement with the Attorney General on forms prescribed by the Attorney General. b. It sh…

45:17A-24 Long form registration statement. 7. a. Every charitable organization operating or soliciting within this State, except for those provided for in section 8 of this act or exempt pursuant to section 9 of this act, shall file a long form registration statement with the At…

45:17A-25 Short form registration. 8. a. The following charitable organizations shall be required to file a short form registration on forms prescribed by the Attorney General: (1) Charitable organizations or organizations engaging in a charitable fund raising campaign which do n…

45:17A-26 Exemptions from registration requirements. 9. a. The registration requirements of this act shall not apply to any religious corporation, trust, foundation, association or organization incorporated under the provisions of Title 15 or 16 of the Revised Statutes or Title 1…

45:17A-27 Registration of fund raising counsel, independent paid fund raiser. 10. a. It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a fund raising counsel or independent paid fund raiser unless registered annually with the Attorney General. Registration statements shall be on form…

45:17A-28 Registration of solicitors. 11. a. It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a solicitor of an independent paid fund raiser required to register pursuant to this act unless, prior to that person acting as a solicitor of the independent paid fund raiser, the independ…

45:17A-29 Written contract from commercial co-venturer. 12. a. Every charitable organization which permits a charitable sales promotion to be conducted on its behalf shall obtain a written contract from the commercial co-venturer and shall file a copy of the agreement with the At…

45:17A-30 Disclosure of information prior to solicitation. 13. a. Prior to soliciting a contribution, either orally or by written request, except for any in-person solicitation, any independent paid fund raiser, commercial co-venturer, solicitor, or charitable organization shall …

45:17A-30.1 Caller identification blocking technology, use by solicitors, prohibited. 13. Any person soliciting contributions shall not be permitted to use technology that blocks caller identification telephone systems used by any person in this State. L.2005,c.283,s.13.

45:17A-31. Complete, accurate records required 14. a. Every charitable organization, unless exempted pursuant to subsection a. or b. of section 9 of this act, and every fund raising counsel, independent paid fund raiser and commercial co-venturer subject to the provisions of this…

45:17A-32 Statements required to be truthful; coercion prohibited; unlawful acts; practices. 15. a. Any statement, whether oral or written, made by a charitable organization, or on behalf of a charitable organization by persons including, but not limited to commercial co-venturer…

45:17A-33 Attorney General, designee constituted agency head; violations, penalties. 16. a. For purposes of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the Attorney General or his designee shall constitute the agency head and have the final decision …

45:17A-34. Powers of Attorney General unaffected 17. Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit, impair or modify any of the common law powers previously afforded to the Attorney General under the common law. L.1994,c.16,s.17.

45:17A-35. Ability of municipality to enact rules, ordinances unaffected 18. Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit, impair or modify the ability of any municipality to enact rules or ordinances to regulate the solicitation of contributions within its jurisdiction, provi…

45:17A-36. Registrations previously issued not affected 19. Nothing in this act shall affect the validity of any registration previously issued by the Attorney General, but all persons currently registered shall in all other respects be subject to the provisions of this act. L.19…

45:17A-37. Establishment of telephone information line 20. a. The Attorney General shall establish a telephone information line which shall be readily accessible to the public which shall offer information concerning the charitable organizations, fund raising counsels, independen…

45:17A-38 Required statement regarding information on file. 21. Any printed solicitation, written confirmation, receipt or written reminder of a contribution issued by a charitable organization, independent paid fund raiser or solicitor concerning a solicitation or contribution o…

45:17A-39. Applicability of act 22. The provisions of this act shall apply to any person engaging in any of the activities regulated by this act, including persons whose principal place of business is located outside this State. L.1994,c.16,s.22.

45:17A-40. Fees; recovery of costs 23. Fees shall be established, prescribed or charged by the Attorney General pursuant to his regulatory authority to the extent necessary to defray all proper expenses incurred by the Attorney General and any staff employed to administer this ac…