Sec. 303.052. FORM AND CONTENT OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT. A registration statement under Section 303.051 (2) must be submitted on a form the attorney general prescribes or approves and must contain: (1) for each of the organization's offices, chapters, local units, branches, and affiliates: (A) the legal name and each assumed name; (B) the mailing address and street address; and (C) each telephone number and facsimile number; (2) the organization's employer identification number; (3) the name, title, address, and telephone number of: (A) the organization's executive director or other chief operating officer; and (B) each of the organization's officers and directors; (4) the name of each officer, director, or employee: (A) whom the organization compensates or who has custody and control of the organization's money; and (B) who has been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to: (i) a felony; or (ii) a misdemeanor involving fraud or the theft, misappropriation, misapplication, or misuse of another's property; (5) for each person listed under Subdivision (4), a statement of: (A) the offense; and (B) the state, court, and date of each conviction or plea of nolo contendere; (6) if the organization is a corporation, the date and state of incorporation; (7) if the organization is not a corporation, the type of organization and date established; (8) the date the organization began transacting business in this state; (9) the name and address of the organization's registered agent in this state; (10) a statement of the organization's charitable purposes; (11) a list of the programs for which funds are solicited; (12) the day and month on which the organization's fiscal year ends; (13) a statement of whether the organization: (A) is eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions under Section 170, Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and (B) has applied for or been granted tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service and, if so: (i) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 section on which the application was based; (ii) the application date; (iii) the date the exemption was granted or denied; and (iv) a statement of whether or when the tax exemption has ever been denied, revoked, or modified; (14) a statement that includes: (A) the method of accounting used and the name, address, and telephone number of each of the organization's accountants and auditors; (B) for the preceding 12 months: (i) the total contributions received; (ii) the total fund-raising costs, computed according to generally accepted accounting principles; (iii) if the organization retained a commercial telephone solicitor: (a) the name and address of each commercial telephone solicitor; and (b) a written confirmation from each commercial telephone solicitor that it has complied with all state and local registration laws; and (iv) the amount paid to commercial telephone solicitors; and (C) a statement that: (i) the organization has attempted in good faith to comply with each ordinance of a municipality or each order of a county in this state regarding telephone solicitation that has been filed with the attorney general; or (ii) no ordinance or order described by Subparagraph (i) applies; (15) if the organization files a federal tax return, a copy of: (A) the organization's most recently filed Internal Revenue Service Form 990 and other federal tax returns; (B) each supplement, amendment, and attachment to those returns; and (C) each request for an extension to file any of those returns; (16) if the organization does not file a federal tax return: (A) a statement of the reason a return is not filed; and (B) the organization's most recent financial statements, including audited financial statements, if any have been prepared; and (17) a sworn statement verifying that the information contained in the registration statement and each attachment to the registration statement is true, correct, and complete to the best of the affiant's knowledge.
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