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SC Code § 33-53-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 53 - Business Trusts|Section 33-53-40. Suits brought by and against business trust; liability of shareholders and trustees.

 A business trust may sue or be sued in the name and style by which it conducts business without naming the individual shareholders therein, and the liability of such business trust shall extend to the whole of the trust estate, or so much thereof as may be necessary to discharge such liability, but the instrument creating such trust may provide that no personal liability will attach to the individual shareholders or trustees of the trust, and such provision shall operate to limit the liability of the individual shareholders and trustees as to the obligations of the trust itself, but provided in all cases the trustees shall be liable for breach of trust.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 52-504; 1961 (52) 537.
SC Code § 33-53-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 53 - Business Trusts|Section 33-53-50. Service of process on business trust.

 Service of process may be made on any business trust organized in this State or doing business in this State in the same manner that domestic and foreign corporations, respectively, are served.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 52-205; 1961 (52) 537.
SC Code § 33-56-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-10. Short Title.

 This chapter may be cited as the "South Carolina Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act".  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 461, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-56-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-40. Children's Trust Fund of South Carolina exempt from fee.

 The Children's Trust Fund of South Carolina as established by Section 63-11-910 is required to register with the Secretary of State but is not required to pay the annual registration fee provided for in Section 33-56-30.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 461, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 28E; 1998 Act No. 368, Section 6; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference to Section 20-7-5010 was changed to Section 63-11-910 in accordance with 2008 Act No. 361 (Children's Code).
SC Code § 33-56-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-45. Registration and fee requirements for fire departments.

 A fire department conducting or intending to conduct a professional solicitation of charitable funds may comply with the registration and fee requirements of this chapter if the local governing body having jurisdiction over that department and other departments in its area singly registers the multiple departments annually and pays a single annual registration fee of fifty dollars pursuant to Section 33-56-30. The single annual registration and fee payment of fifty dollars effectively registers all fire departments within the jurisdiction of the local governing body. Recordkeeping is the responsibility of individual fire departments, and the Secretary of State shall provide all registered fire departments with the appropriate forms.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 338, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-56-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-55. Application of chapter to parent-teacher associations or local chambers of commerce; reporting not required.

 The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a parent-teacher association affiliated with a school or to a local chamber of commerce. Reporting of fundraising activities or other reporting pursuant to this chapter is not required of a parent-teacher association or a local chamber of commerce whether or not they would be considered exempt organizations under Section 33-56-50, if none of the fundraising activities are conducted by professional solicitors.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 47, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-56-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-80. Filings to be public records.

 Registration statements and applications, reports, professional fundraising counsel contracts, professional solicitor contracts, or commercial co-venturer contracts, and all other documents and information required to be filed pursuant to this chapter or by the Secretary of State are public records in the office of the Secretary of State and are open to the general public for inspection at a time and under conditions as the Secretary of State may prescribe. The Secretary of State shall publish and make available to the public and to persons subject to this chapter explanatory information concerning this chapter, the duties imposed by this chapter, and the means for enforcing this chapter.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 461, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 28I; 1998 Act No. 368, Section 10; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-56-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-90. Disclosures to solicited parties; penalties.

 (A) At the initial time of solicitation, a professional solicitor must disclose its status as a "professional" or "paid" solicitor. The professional solicitor also must disclose the registered true name of the professional fundraising organization for which it works and the registered true name, location, and purpose of the charitable organizations for which it is soliciting. Upon oral or written request of the solicited party, a professional solicitor also must disclose the percentage of gross receipts with which the professional solicitor is compensated including the amount the professional solicitor must be reimbursed as payment for fundraising costs. The professional solicitor also must disclose the guaranteed minimum percentage of gross receipts to be remitted or retained by the charitable organization excluding the amount which the charitable organization must pay for fundraising costs.  (B) Upon oral or written request by the solicited party, the professional solicitor must deliver to the solicited party within fifteen business days of the request a:  (1) financial statement of the charitable organization disclosing assets, liabilities, fund balances, revenue, and expenses for the preceding fiscal year. This financial statement must be the most recently submitted annual financial report pursuant to Section 33-56-60; and  (2) copy of the professional solicitor's or charitable organization's current registration certification from the Secretary of State.  (C) A professional solicitor that fails to comply with the provisions of this section is liable for an administrative fine not to exceed two thousand dollars for each separate violation.  (D) An offense committed in violation of this section is considered to have been committed at the place where the solicitation either was initiated or was received.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 461, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 28J; 1998 Act No. 368, Section 11; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 404, Section 11.
SC Code § 33-56-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-100. Fiscal records; retention for three years.

 In accordance with the regulations promulgated by the Secretary of State, a charitable organization, professional solicitor, professional fundraising counsel, or commercial co-venturer subject to the provisions of this chapter must keep the true fiscal records as to its activities in this State. The records must be retained for at least three years after the end of the period of registration to which they relate.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 461, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 28K; 1998 Act No. 368, Section 12; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-56-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-130. Foreign organizations and solicitors deemed to appoint secretary as agent for service.

 If a charitable organization, professional fundraising counsel, professional solicitor, or commercial co-venturer soliciting contributions from people in this State and having a principal place of business outside the State, or organized under and by virtue of the laws of a foreign state, is subject to the provisions of this chapter and does not otherwise appoint a registered agent for service of process, that charitable organization, professional fundraising counsel, professional solicitor, or commercial co-venturer is considered to have appointed irrevocably the Secretary of State as an agent upon whom may be served summons, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, or other process directed to the charitable organization, professional fundraising counsel, professional solicitor, or commercial co-venturer or a partner, principal officer, or director of it in any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter. Service of process is made by delivering to and leaving with the Secretary of State, or with any person designated to receive service at the office of the Secretary of State, duplicate copies of the process, notice, or demand. The service is sufficient service if notice of the service and a copy of the process are sent by the Secretary of State to the charitable organization, professional fundraising counsel, professional solicitor, or commercial co-venturer, by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested, at the address provided for in the registration form required to be filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to this chapter or, in default of the filing of the form, at the last address known to the Secretary of State. Service of process is complete ten days after the receipt by the Secretary of State of a return receipt purporting to be signed by the addressee or a person qualified to receive the registered or certified mail, in accordance with the accepted practices of the United States Postal Service or, if acceptance was refused by the addressee, ten days after the return to the Secretary of State of the original envelope bearing a notation by the postal authorities that receipt of it was refused.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 461, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 28N; 1998 Act No. 368, Section 15; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-56-145 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-145. Penalties.

 (A) A person that knowingly and wilfully violates a provision of this chapter with the intent to deceive or defraud an individual or a charitable organization is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction for a first offense, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. For a second offense or subsequent offense, a person is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.  (B) A person that knowingly and wilfully gives false or misleading information to the Secretary of State in a registration, filing statement, or report required by this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction for a first offense, must be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. For a second offense or subsequent offense, a person is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.  (C) A person that is convicted or pleads guilty or nolo contendere pursuant to subsection (A) or (B) forfeits the bond described in Section 33-56-110 to the Secretary of State and is prohibited from serving as a professional solicitor or fundraising counsel in this State for a minimum of five years from the date of the conviction.  (D) A violation of this chapter involving a solicitation is considered to be committed at the place where the solicitation was either initiated or was received.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-56-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-150. Division of Public Charities; Director.

 There is created in the office of the Secretary of State a Division of Public Charities which, under the direction and control of the Secretary of State, shall perform the duties imposed upon it by the provisions of this chapter. The executive and administrative head of the division is the Director of Public Charities designated by the Secretary of State.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 461, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 28P; 1998 Act No. 368, Section 17; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-56-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-160. Administrative fines and fees; disposition.

 (A) The first two hundred thousand dollars in administrative fine revenue received pursuant to this chapter in a fiscal year, not including fine revenues collected pursuant to Section 33-56-75, may be retained by the Secretary of State to offset the expenses of enforcing this chapter. All administrative fines collected pursuant to this chapter in excess of two hundred thousand dollars in a fiscal year, not including fine revenues collected pursuant to Section 33-56-75, must be transmitted to the State Treasurer and deposited in the state general fund. All fees collected pursuant to this chapter must be transmitted to the State Treasurer and deposited in a fund separate and distinct from the state general fund and used by the Secretary of State for the purpose of administering the provisions of this chapter.  (B) All administrative fines collected pursuant to Section 33-56-75 in a fiscal year must be transmitted to the State Treasurer and deposited in a fund separate and distinct from the state general fund. The revenue collected from these fines must be directed to the Secretary of State for the purpose of administering the provisions of that section.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 461, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 28Q; 1998 Act No. 368, Section 18; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 156, Section 2, eff May 11, 2010.  Editor's Note  2010 Act No. 156, Section 3, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to all transactions or contracts entered into on or after that date."  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment designated the existing section as (A), added exclusionary language to subsection (A), and added subsection (B) relating to treatment of administrative fines collected pursuant to section 33-56-75.
SC Code § 33-56-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-170. Definitions of "charitable organization" and "employee" for purposes of Section 33-56-180.

 For purposes of Section 33-56-180:  (1) "Charitable organization" means any organization, institution, association, society, or corporation which is exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) or 501(d) of Title 26 of the United States Code, as amended.  (2) "Employee" means an agent, servant, employee, or officer of a charitable organization.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 461, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-56-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-180. Limitation of liability for injury or death caused by employee of charitable organization.

 (A) A person sustaining an injury or dying by reason of the tortious act of commission or omission of an employee of a charitable organization, when the employee is acting within the scope of his employment, may recover in an action brought against the charitable organization only the actual damages he sustains in an amount not exceeding the limitations on liability imposed in the South Carolina Tort Claims Act in Chapter 78 of Title 15. An action against the charitable organization pursuant to this section constitutes a complete bar to any recovery by the claimant, by reason of the same subject matter, against the employee of the charitable organization whose act or omission gave rise to the claim unless it is alleged and proved in the action that the employee acted in a reckless, wilful, or grossly negligent manner, and the employee must be joined properly as a party defendant. A judgment against an employee of a charitable organization may not be returned unless a specific finding is made that the employee acted in a reckless, wilful, or grossly negligent manner. If the charitable organization for which the employee was acting cannot be determined at the time the action is instituted, the plaintiff may name as a party defendant the employee, and the entity for which the employee was acting must be added or substituted as party defendant when it reasonably can be determined.  (B) If the actual damages from the injury or death giving rise to the action arose from the use or operation of a motor vehicle and exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars, this section does not prevent the injured person from recovering benefits pursuant to Section 38-77-160 but in an amount not to exceed the limits of the uninsured or underinsured coverage.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 461, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-56-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-190. Exchange of information with other states.

 The Secretary of State may enter into agreements with the appropriate authority of another state for the purpose of exchanging information with respect to charitable organizations, professional fundraising counsel, professional solicitors, and commercial co-venturers.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 461, Section 1; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 28R; 1998 Act No. 368, Section 19; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-56-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 56 - Solicitation Of Charitable Funds|Section 33-56-200. Severability of provisions.

 The provisions of this chapter are severable. The unconstitutionality of one section or clause does not affect the constitutionality of the entire chapter.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 461, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 336, Section 1.
SC Code § 33-57-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 57 - Nonprofit Raffles For Charitable Purposes|Section 33-57-130. Raffle restrictions.

 (A) A nonprofit organization is allowed to operate up to four raffles per year. If a nonprofit organization has affiliates or subsidiaries that share a federal Employer's Identification Number (EIN) with a parent nonprofit organization, meet the requirements of this chapter, and are registered pursuant to Section 33-57-120(C), then each qualified affiliate or subsidiary, in addition to the raffles conducted by a parent nonprofit organization, may operate and conduct up to four raffles per year. Each nonprofit raffle shall continue for not more than nine months from the date the first raffle ticket is sold. No raffle drawing shall be conducted between the hours of midnight and 10 a.m. Local law enforcement officials are authorized to enforce the hours of operation.  (B) The restriction on numbers of raffles shall not apply to raffles held by nonprofit organizations that are exempt pursuant to Section 33-57-120(B)(2).  HISTORY: 2013 Act No. 11, Section 1, eff April 4, 2015; 2020 Act No. 148, Section 3.B., eff September 28, 2020.  Editor's Note  2013 Act No. 11, Section 5, provides as follows:  "SECTION 5. The provisions of this act become effective thirty days after ratification of an amendment to Section 7, Article XVII of the Constitution of this State allowing its terms as proposed to the qualified electors of this State at the 2014 General Election."  2015 Act No. 3, Section 1, eff March 5, 2015, provides in part as follows:  "SECTION 1. The amendment to Article XVII of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, prepared under the terms of Joint Resolution 102 of 2013, having been submitted to the qualified electors at the General Election of 2014 as prescribed in Section 1, Article XVI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, and a favorable vote having been received on the amendment, is ratified and declared to be a part of the Constitution so that Section 7 of Article XVII is amended to read: [text of amendment follows]."  2020 Act No. 148, Section 3.B., provides as follows:  "[SECTION 3.]B. This SECTION takes effect upon approval by the Governor [September 28, 2020]. The provisions of Chapter 57, Title 33 of the 1976 Code, as they existed on June 30, 2020, are reenacted. The reenactment discharges, releases, and extinguishes any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred after July 1, 2020, but before the effective date of this SECTION. This SECTION shall continue to apply until such time as Chapter 57, Title 33, or parts thereof, are otherwise repealed, mutatis mutandis."
SC Code § 33-57-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 57 - Nonprofit Raffles For Charitable Purposes|Section 33-57-180. Administrative fines.

 All administrative fines collected pursuant to this chapter must be transmitted to the State Treasurer and deposited in the state general fund.  HISTORY: 2013 Act No. 11, Section 1, eff April 4, 2015; 2020 Act No. 148, Section 3.B., eff September 28, 2020.  Editor's Note  2013 Act No. 11, Section 5, provides as follows:  "SECTION 5. The provisions of this act become effective thirty days after ratification of an amendment to Section 7, Article XVII of the Constitution of this State allowing its terms as proposed to the qualified electors of this State at the 2014 General Election."  2015 Act No. 3, Section 1, eff March 5, 2015, provides in part as follows:  "SECTION 1. The amendment to Article XVII of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, prepared under the terms of Joint Resolution 102 of 2013, having been submitted to the qualified electors at the General Election of 2014 as prescribed in Section 1, Article XVI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, and a favorable vote having been received on the amendment, is ratified and declared to be a part of the Constitution so that Section 7 of Article XVII is amended to read: [text of amendment follows]."  2020 Act No. 148, Section 3.B., provides as follows:  "[SECTION 3.]B. This SECTION takes effect upon approval by the Governor [September 28, 2020]. The provisions of Chapter 57, Title 33 of the 1976 Code, as they existed on June 30, 2020, are reenacted. The reenactment discharges, releases, and extinguishes any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred after July 1, 2020, but before the effective date of this SECTION. This SECTION shall continue to apply until such time as Chapter 57, Title 33, or parts thereof, are otherwise repealed, mutatis mutandis."