(1) Each organization or professional fund-raiser shall prepare a disclosure statement to be given with all printed material and read when contact is made by telephone, to each person from whom a contribution is solicited. The disclosure statement shall contain all of the following information:
  (a) The name and purpose of the organization.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 14.312

  • Contribution: means the promise, grant, or payment of money or property of any kind or value, including promises to pay made to an organization or professional fund-raiser. See Michigan Laws 14.302
  • organization: means any group, organization, association, union, or conference of current or former law enforcement officers, fire fighters, correctional officers, employees thereof or any other entity that represents itself to be affiliated or associated with such organizations that meet both of the following:
  (i) The voting membership is comprised of at least 75% of individuals who are currently or formerly law enforcement officers, fire fighters, or correctional officers. See Michigan Laws 14.302
  • Person: means an individual, organization, group, association, partnership, corporation, trust, professional fund-raiser, or any combination of those entities. See Michigan Laws 14.302
  • Professional fund-raiser: means a person who for compensation or other consideration plans, conducts, manages, or carries on, either directly or through paid individual solicitors, a drive or campaign of soliciting contributions for or on behalf of a public safety organization or person. See Michigan Laws 14.302
  •   (b) Whether the solicitor is a separate organization acting on behalf of a public safety organization.
      (c) The specific purpose or purposes, including any political purposes and campaign contributions, for which the contributions are to be used.
      (d) That the categories and percentages of distributions of contributions are available upon request as provided in subsection (2).
      (2) Upon written or verbal request of the individual being solicited, the solicitor shall provide the percentage ranges for each category as described in section 3.