(1) Commercial fund-raisers registering under this act shall use the commercial fund-raiser registration form described in WAC
434-120-200. The secretary's failure to affirmatively reject or return an incomplete registration or other filing that does not fully comply with these rules or chapter
19.09 RCW, shall not excuse the failure to comply. The secretary's acceptance of a registration or other filing which violates these rules or chapter
19.09 RCW shall not excuse the violation.
(2) In addition to the requirements under RCW
19.09.079, a registration is not complete, and will not be accepted for filing, unless it includes:
(a) Both the mailing address and physical address (if different), and any electronic mail or internet addresses, as well as any physical or mailing addresses, used by the commercial fund-raiser to solicit or receive contributions. Private mail boxes must be identified through use of the designation "PMB" followed by the box number;
(b) The type of organization, federal taxpayer identification number, the unified business identifier if the organization is registered in Washington and if the organization is incorporated, the state of incorporation;
(c) The beginning and ending dates of its preceding completed accounting year;
(d) The court or other forum, case number and title of all legal actions, if any, in which a judgment or final order was entered, or for action is currently pending, against any organization or individual required to be identified in the registration. "Actions" include any administrative or judicial proceeding alleging that the entity has failed to comply with these rules, chapter
19.09 RCW, or state or federal laws pertaining to taxation, revenue, charitable solicitation, or recordkeeping, whether such action has been instituted by a public agency or a private person or entity;
(e) A list of all states where the organization is registered for charitable solicitations;
(f) In addition to the financial information in RCW
19.09.079(6), a solicitation report is required of the fund-raising activities of the entity for the preceding accounting year and includes, but is not limited to:
(i) Contributions received, either by the commercial fund-raiser or the charities with which the commercial fund-raiser contracts, as a result of services provided by the commercial fund-raiser during the year shown above. (This is the total amount of money raised, regardless of who has possession of funds.)
(ii) Funds either retained by, or paid to, the charities with whom the commercial fund-raiser contracts, after fees and any expenses have been subtracted. (This is the portion of money raised that the charities receive or keep after all fund-raising expenses have been deducted.)
(3) The commercial fund-raiser may provide additional information which the commercial fund-raiser believes would be of assistance in understanding other reported information, or to provide context for reported information.
(4) The commercial fund-raiser must report actual figures and shall not use estimates when completing a solicitation report.
(5) All commercial fund-raiser registrations shall be signed by an officer or owner of the commercial fund-raiser.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 19.09.075, [19.09.]079,[19.09.]097 , and [19.09.]520. 12-14-114, § 434-120-215, filed 7/5/12, effective 8/5/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.09.097, [19.09.]315, [19.09.]540, 43.07.125. 09-01-106, § 434-120-215, filed 12/17/08, effective 1/17/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 23B.01.200(2), 24.03.007, [24.03.]008,25.15.007 , 19.09.020(15), [19.09].315, 19.77.115, and43.07.170 . 04-04-018, § 434-120-215, filed 1/23/04, effective 2/23/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.09.075, 19.09.079 and 19.09.210. 97-16-035, § 434-120-215, filed 7/30/97, effective 8/30/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 11.110.070 and 19.09.315. 95-11-135, § 434-120-215, filed 5/24/95, effective 6/24/95. Statutory Authority: Chapters 34.05, 19.09, 11.110 and 43.07 RCW and 1993 c 471. 94-01-004 and 94-02-011, § 434-120-215, filed 12/1/93 and 12/22/93, effective 1/1/94 and 1/23/94.]