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TN Code § 48-101-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-503. Secretary of State's Duties

  The secretary of state may review registrations and enforce registration requirements for charitable organizations and professional solicitors.   The secretary of state shall prescribe a uniform system of accounting to determine “fund-raising costs” and “gross contributions” and may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this part. Rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. The secretary of state is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations as the secretary of state may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of Acts 1989, ch. 285. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.   The secretary of state shall make such individual investigations of all applicants for registration and of any violations of this part as the secretary of state may deem necessary and impose authorized and appropriate sanctions.
TN Code § 48-101-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-505. Affiliates of Parent Organization — Filing Registration Statement — Fee

  Each chapter, branch or affiliate of a parent organization or independent member agency of a federated fund-raising organization, may separately report the information required by § 48-101-504, or report the information to its parent organization or to the federated fund-raising organization with which it is affiliated, which shall then transmit such information as to its affiliates, branches, chapters or independent agency members to the secretary of state along with its own statement.   A parent organization filing the registration statements of one (1) or more of its chapters, branches, or affiliates along with its own statement, and a federated fund-raising organization filing the statements of one (1) or more of its independent member agencies along with its own statement, shall pay a single registration fee in accordance with the schedule as provided in § 48-101-504(b) for itself and for such chapters, branches, affiliates or independent member agencies whose statements are filed by it at the same time as its own statement. However, when an independent member agency of a federated fund-raising organization solicits or receives contributions from any source other than the federated fund-raising organization or a governmental agency, such independent member agency shall be required to register independently and pay its own filing fee, unless otherwise exempt by this part. When a chapter, branch, or affiliate of a parent organization solicits or receives contributions from any source other than the parent organization or a governmental agency, such chapter, branch, or affiliate shall register independently and pay its own filing fee, unless otherwise exempt by this part.
TN Code § 48-101-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-508. Denial of Exemption or Registration — Hearing — Review

  The division shall examine each registration statement and supporting documents filed by all applicants and shall determine whether the registration requirements are satisfied. If the division determines that the registration requirements are not satisfied, the department shall notify the applicant within ten (10) working days of its receipt of its registration statement or the registration statement is deemed to be approved. Within seven (7) days after receipt of notification that the regulation requirements are not satisfied, the applicant may request a hearing. The hearing shall be held within seven (7) days of receipt of the request, and a determination shall be rendered within three (3) business days of the hearing.   Judicial review of final decisions shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 48-101-509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-509. Fiscal Records — Charitable Campaign Records — Inspection

  Every charitable organization and professional solicitor, subject to this part, shall, as to their activities in Tennessee as may be covered by this part and in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the secretary of state, keep:  True and accurate fiscal records, including, but not limited to, all income and expenses; and   True records regarding the conduct of any solicitation campaigns, including records of any documents, information, notices or applications required to be prepared or filed pursuant to § 48-101-513. Unless otherwise provided, such records shall be retained for a period of at least three (3) years after the end of the period of registration to which they relate.     Upon request and at a reasonable time and place within Tennessee, such records, as well as any other records regarding solicitation campaigns within this state, shall be made available to the secretary of state, the attorney general and reporter or an appropriate district attorney general for inspection.
TN Code § 48-101-510 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-510. Reciprocity

  The secretary of state may enter into reciprocal agreements with the appropriate authority of any other state for the purpose of exchanging information with respect to charitable organizations. Pursuant to such agreements, the secretary of state may accept information filed by a charitable organization with the appropriate authority of another state, in lieu of the information required to be filed in accordance with this part, if such information is substantially similar to the information required under this part.   The secretary of state shall also grant an exemption from the requirement for the filing of the annual registration statement to charitable organizations organized under the laws of another state, having their principal place of business outside the state, whose funds are derived principally from sources outside the state, and which have been granted exemption from the filing of registration statements by the state under whose laws they are organized, if such state has a statute similar in substance to this part.
TN Code § 48-101-511 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-511. Documents and Records as Public Records — Inspection

 Registration statements and applications, reports, and all other documents and information required to be filed under this part or by the secretary of state shall be public records in the office of the secretary of state and shall be open to the general public for inspection at such time and under such conditions as the secretary of state may prescribe. The secretary of state, in the secretary of state's discretion, may compile, summarize, publish or otherwise release to the public any information contained in applications and any other documents filed with or received by the secretary of state under this part.
TN Code § 48-101-512 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-512. Identification of Solicitor

 It is the duty of every charitable organization to furnish identification to persons who solicit contributions from the public on behalf of the charitable organization, including, but not limited to, those persons soliciting on behalf of an exempt organization or nonexempt organization and all professional solicitors. The solicitor shall be required to have and produce or display, on demand, identification indicating that the solicitor has been duly authorized by the organization for which the solicitor is soliciting. Such identification shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the holder of the identification and the name and the registration number of the charitable organization.
TN Code § 48-101-515 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-515. Penalties

 Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any provisions of this part or who willfully and knowingly gives false or incorrect information to the secretary of state, in filing statements or reports required by this part, whether such report or statement is verified or not, commits a Class B misdemeanor for the first offense, punishable as provided in § 40-35-111, and for the second and any subsequent offense commits a Class E felony.
TN Code § 48-101-516 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-516. Foreign Organizations and Solicitors — Service of Process

  Any charitable organization or professional solicitor which has its principal place of business without the state, or which is organized under and by virtue of the laws of a foreign state, and which solicits contributions from people in this state, shall be subject to this part and shall be deemed to have irrevocably appointed the secretary of state as its agent upon whom may be served any summons, subpoena duces tecum or other process directed to such charitable organization or professional solicitor or any partner, principal officer or director thereof in any action or proceeding brought under this part.   Service of such process upon the secretary of state shall be made by personally delivering to and leaving with the secretary of state a copy thereof at the capitol in Nashville. Such service shall be sufficient service; provided, that notice of such service and a copy of such process are forthwith sent to such charitable organization or professional solicitor by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested at its office, as set forth in the registration form required to be filed with the secretary of state pursuant to this part or, in default of the filing of such forms, at the last address known.
TN Code § 48-101-517 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-517. Use of Funds

 Funds collected under this part shall be used by the secretary of state to defray the cost of administering this part.
TN Code § 48-101-518 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-518. Construction of Part

  The powers and remedies provided in this part shall be cumulative and supplementary to all other powers and remedies otherwise provided by law. The invocation of one (1) power or remedy herein shall not be construed as excluding or prohibiting the use of any other available remedy.   This part shall not be construed to preempt any more stringent county or municipal provisions or to restrict local units of government from adopting more stringent provisions, and, in such case, such provisions shall be complied with if the registrant desires to solicit within the geographic district of the local unit of government.   Nothing in this part shall be construed to preempt any municipality from exercising general police powers of municipalities by ordinance or otherwise over organizations which are excluded from the application of this part or from organizations which are included within this part.   In the event this part, insofar as prohibited practices are concerned, conflicts with any ordinance or regulation of any municipality, the most restrictive provisions shall apply; further, such regulations or ordinances adopted by a municipality may be broader in scope and more restrictive in their application than this part.   Insofar as reporting or disclosure of financial reports is concerned, the right to require information not included in this part is hereby expressly reserved unto the municipalities of this state. Any municipality in this state is authorized to accept financial reports to the secretary of state as financial reports which may be required by municipal ordinances or regulations.   Nothing in this part shall be construed to require any municipality which has adopted, prior to July 1, 1977, ordinances or regulations controlling, omitting, or prohibiting certain types of solicitation practices to adopt the accounting practices provided for in this part; provided, that any municipality which adopts such ordinances after July 1, 1977, shall conform to the accounting practices as provided for in this part.
TN Code § 48-101-519 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-519. Registration — Written Agreement

  No commercial co-venturer shall conduct any charitable sales promotion in this state on behalf of a charitable or civic organization unless the charitable or civic organization is duly registered or granted the appropriate exemption.   Prior to any charitable sales promotion in this state, the commercial co-venturer shall have a written agreement with the charitable or civic organization on whose behalf the charitable sales promotion is to be conducted. The agreement shall be signed by an authorized representative of the commercial co-venturer and two (2) officers of the charitable or civic organization.   The commercial co-venturer shall maintain all records in connection with the charitable sales promotion for a period of three (3) years after the end date of the charitable sales promotion. All charitable sales promotion records shall be made available to the division upon request.
TN Code § 48-101-521 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds|§ 48-101-521. Requirement of Filing Financial Reports by Charitable Organizations Soliciting and Receiving Contributions for Disasters

  Any charitable organization, other than a bona fide religious institution, that solicits and receives contributions exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a charitable purpose related to a disaster in this state shall file quarterly financial reports with the secretary of state, on forms prescribed by the secretary of state, detailing the money raised and expended by the organization as a result of the solicitation, until the funds are expended. The first quarterly report shall be filed on the last day of the third month following the commencement of solicitations.   Any charitable organization other than a bona fide religious institution, which solicited and received contributions exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for a charitable purpose related to a disaster in this state between May 1, 2010, and May 20, 2011, shall file a financial report with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, on June 30, 2011. The report shall detail all funds received and expended by the organization as a result of the solicitation. After June 30, 2011, the organization shall file quarterly financial reports with the secretary of state, on forms prescribed by the secretary of state, detailing the money raised and expended by the organization as a result of the solicitation, until the funds are expended.
TN Code § 48-101-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 6 - Tennessee Professional Corporation Act|§ 48-101-601. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Professional Corporation Act.”
TN Code § 48-101-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 6 - Tennessee Professional Corporation Act|§ 48-101-602. Applicability of Tennessee Business Corporation Act

 The Tennessee Business Corporation Act, compiled in Chapters 11 27 of this title, applies to professional corporations, both domestic and foreign, to the extent not inconsistent with this part.
TN Code § 48-101-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 6 - Tennessee Professional Corporation Act|§ 48-101-603. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Disqualified person” means an individual or entity that for any reason is or becomes ineligible under this part to be issued shares by a professional corporation;   “Domestic professional corporation” means a professional corporation;   “Foreign professional corporation” means a corporation or association for profit incorporated for the purpose of rendering professional services under a law other than the law of this state;   “Law” includes rules promulgated in accordance with § 48-101-630;   “Licensing authority” means the officer, board, agency, court or other authority in this state empowered to license or otherwise authorize the rendition of a professional service;   “Professional corporation” means a corporation for profit, other than a foreign professional corporation, subject to this part;   “Professional service” means a service that may be lawfully rendered only by a person licensed or otherwise authorized by a licensing authority in this state to render the service, and that may not be lawfully rendered by a corporation under the Tennessee Business Corporation Act, compiled in Chapters 11 27 of this title; and   “Qualified person” means an individual, general partnership or professional corporation to whom shares under this part may be issued.
TN Code § 48-101-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 6 - Tennessee Professional Corporation Act|§ 48-101-604. Incorporation

  One (1) or more persons may incorporate a professional corporation by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a charter that states:  It is a professional corporation; and   Its purpose is to render the specified professional services.     A corporation incorporated under a general law of this state whose charter has not been repealed by this part may elect professional corporation status by amending its charter to comply with subsection (a) and § 48-101-609.
TN Code § 48-101-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 6 - Tennessee Professional Corporation Act|§ 48-101-605. Election

  Except to the extent authorized by subsection (b), a corporation may elect professional corporation status under § 48-101-604 solely for the purpose of rendering professional services (including services ancillary to it) and solely within a single profession.   A corporation may elect professional corporation status under § 48-101-604 for the purpose of rendering professional services within two (2) or more professions, and for the purpose of engaging in any lawful business authorized by the Tennessee Business Corporation Act, compiled in Chapters 11 27 of this title, only if the combination of professional purposes or of professional and business purposes is specifically authorized by the licensing law of this state applicable to each profession in the combination.
TN Code § 48-101-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 6 - Tennessee Professional Corporation Act|§ 48-101-606. Powers — Professional Services

  Except as provided in subsection (b), a professional corporation has the powers enumerated in chapter 13 of this title.   A professional corporation may be a promoter, general partner, member, associate or manager of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity only if the entity is engaged solely in rendering professional services or in carrying on business authorized by the professional corporation's charter.
TN Code § 48-101-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 6 - Tennessee Professional Corporation Act|§ 48-101-607. Rendering Professional Services in This State — Requirements

  A domestic or foreign corporation may render professional services in this state only through individuals licensed or otherwise authorized in this state to render the services.   Subsection (a) does not:  Require an individual employed by a professional corporation to be licensed to perform services for the corporation if a license is not otherwise required;   Prohibit a licensed individual from rendering professional services in such person's individual capacity although such person is a shareholder, director, officer, employee or agent of a domestic or foreign professional corporation; or   Prohibit an individual licensed in another state from rendering professional services for a domestic or foreign professional corporation in this state if not prohibited by the licensing authority.
TN Code § 48-101-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 6 - Tennessee Professional Corporation Act|§ 48-101-608. Professional Services Limited by Charter

  A professional corporation may not render any professional service or engage in any business other than the professional service and business authorized by its charter.   Subsection (a) does not prohibit a professional corporation from investing its funds in real estate, mortgages, securities or any other type of investment.
TN Code § 48-101-609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 48 - Securities, Corporations and Associations|Chapter 101 - Special Purpose Corporations and Associations|Part 6 - Tennessee Professional Corporation Act|§ 48-101-609. Name

  The name of a domestic professional corporation and of a foreign professional corporation authorized to transact business in this state, in addition to satisfying the requirements of chapter 14 (except for § 48-14-101(a)(1)) and chapter 25 of this title:  Must contain the words “professional corporation,” “professional association,” or “service corporation” or the abbreviation “P.C.,” “P.A.,” or “S.C.”; and   May not contain language stating or implying that it is incorporated for a purpose other than that authorized by § 48-101-605 and its charter.     Chapters 1 4 and 25 of this title do not prevent the use of a name otherwise prohibited by those sections if it is the personal name of a shareholder or former shareholder of the domestic or foreign professional corporation or the name of an individual who was associated with a predecessor of the corporation.