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Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 3 - Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-3.030 - Initial Registration Statement-Charitable Organization

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This form is adopted and approved as the
				  initial registration statement for charitable organizations.
Each charitable organization required by sections
				  407.450 through
				  407.478,
				  RSMo, to file an initial registration shall file an initial registration
				  statement on the form designated in
				  15 CSR
				  60-3.020(2). The most current version
				  of the initial registration form for use by charitable organizations may be
				  obtained by mailing a written request to the Missouri Attorney General,
				  Charitable Organization Registry, PO Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102 or in
				  person at the Missouri Attorney General's Office, Supreme Court Building,
				  Jefferson City, Missouri, or, if technically feasible, by downloading a copy of
				  the form from the Attorney General's Internet website.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986, amended 1993;
					 407.462, RSMo 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 3 - Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-3.040 - Registration Statement- Professional Fund-Raiser Organization and Employment Statement-Solicitor

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This form is adopted and approved for filing
				  as the registration statement for professional fund-raiser
				  organizations.
Each professional fund-raiser organization and solicitor
				  required by sections
				  407.450 through
				  407.478,
				  RSMo, to file a registration statement or employment statement shall file a
				  registration statement or employment statement on the form designated in
				  15 CSR
				  60-3.020(2). The most current version
				  of the registration statement form or employment statement form for use by
				  professional fundraiser organizations or solicitors may be obtained by mailing
				  a written request to the Missouri Attorney General, Charitable Organization
				  Registry, PO Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102 or in person at the Missouri
				  Attorney General's Office, Supreme Court Building, Jefferson City, Missouri,
				  or, if technically feasible, by downloading a copy of either form from the
				  Attorney General's Internet website.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986, amended 1993;
					 407.466, RSMo 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 3 - Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-3.050 - Registration Statement- Individual Professional Fund-Raiser

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This form is adopted and approved for filing
				  as the registration statement for individual professional
				  fund-raisers.
Each individual professional fund-raiser required by sections
				  407.450 through
				  407.478,
				  RSMo, to file a registration statement shall file a registration statement on
				  the form designated in
				  15 CSR
				  60-3.020(2). The most current version
				  of the registration statement form for use by individual professional
				  fund-raisers may be obtained by mailing a written request to the Missouri
				  Attorney General, Charitable Organization Registry, PO Box 899, Jefferson City,
				  MO 65102 or in person at the Missouri Attorney General's Office, Supreme Court
				  Building, Jefferson City, Missouri, or, if technically feasible, by downloading
				  a copy of the form from the Attorney General's Internet
				  website.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986, amended 1993;
					 407.466, RSMo 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 3 - Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-3.060 - Registration Statement Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes and clarifies the
				  registration procedure for filing with the attorney general's
				  office.
(1) Response to each
				registration statement question should be typewritten or neatly printed in
				ink.
(2) Each question blank of the
				registration statement must be completed. If a question is not applicable, such
				should be stated and a reason should be specified. Incomplete registration
				statements may result in ineffective registration.
(3) Additional pages may be attached to the
				registration statement if necessary to answer any question. The question number
				being answered must be referenced at the top of each attached page.
(4) Each registration statement must be
				signed and notarized before it may be filed with the attorney general's office.
				Failure to have the registration form signed and notarized will result in an
				ineffective registration.
(5) Each
				registration statement filing must be accompanied by a filing fee, with the
				exception of Form 1-D, Employment Statement- Solicitor. This filing fee must be
				paid by money order, cashier's check, personal check or corporate check payable
				to the Merchandising Practices Revolving Fund. The fees assessed to charitable
				organizations, professional fund-raiser organizations and individual
				professional fund-raisers will be as follows:
(A) Each entity defined as a charitable
				organization which is not exempted under sections 407.453-407.478, RSMo shall
				pay a filing fee of fifteen dollars ($15) for the initial
				registration;
(B) Each entity
				defined as a professional fund-raiser, whether it is an organization or an
				individual, shall pay a filing fee of fifty dollars ($50) for the initial
				registration statement; and
(C) It
				shall be the responsibility of each professional fund-raiser organization to
				provide solicitor employment statements to each solicitor upon employment. The
				professional fund-raiser organization shall return this completed statement to
				the attorney general's office within fifteen (15) days after the solicitor is
				hired.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 3 - Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-3.070 - Amendments to Initial Registration Statements Filed by Charitable Organizations and Professional FundRaisers, Whether Organization or Individuals

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the method by which
				  charitable organizations and professional fund-raisers, whether organizations
				  or individuals, shall amend the initial registration statement filed with and
				  accepted by the attorney general's office.
(1) In the event that any information
				required and supplied in the initial registration statement filed by a
				charitable organization or professional fund-raiser, whether an organization or
				individual, as required by section
				407.462
				or
				407.466,
				RSMo, changes to the extent it causes the registration statement to be
				incomplete or incorrect, the charitable organization or professional
				fund-raiser shall file an amendment to its initial registration statement with
				the attorney general's office.
(2)
				All amendments to an initial registration statement shall be made in letter
				form and shall include:
(A) Name or
				organization name registered under;
(B) Registration file number;
(C) A list of any amendments to the initial
				registration statement; and
(D) The
				signature of the person who prepared the amendment statement, which signature
				shall be notarized.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 3 - Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-3.080 - Exemption from Registration as a Charitable Organization or Professional Fund-Raiser

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is designed to give exempted
				  charitable organizations and professional fund-raisers written positive
				  affirmation that they do not have to register with the Missouri attorney
				  general's office pursuant to sections 407.453-407.478, RSMo. Additionally, this
				  rule will allow complete information to be maintained by the attorney general's
				  office as required by section
				  407.459,
				  RSMo.
(1) Every person, as
				defined in section
				407.010, RSMo, who
				believes s/he may be exempted from registration as a charitable organization or
				professional fund-raiser under sections 407.453-407.478, RSMo may submit to the
				attorney general's office a written request for exemption. In the request s/he
				shall state the reason or basis on which they claim exemption and shall submit
				any supporting documents. The attorney general's office will then provide to
				each eligible requesting party a letter or certificate of exemption.
(2) A written request for exemption may be
				mailed to the Missouri Attorney General's Office, Trade Offense Division, P.O.
				Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102 or be delivered by hand to the Missouri
				Attorney General's Office, Supreme Court Building, Jefferson City,
				Missouri.
(3) A record of all
				letters of request for exemptions and letters granting and denying exemption
				shall be maintained as part of the register of all documents filed, as required
				by section
				407.459,
				RSMo. These records will be open to public inspection in the same manner
				provided for other documents which are open for public inspection.
(4) Every person, as defined in section
				407.010, RSMo,
				granted a letter or certificate of exemption under this rule shall notify the
				attorney general's office of any changes in circumstances which affect,
				directly or indirectly, information furnished by the person in his/her written
				request for exemption. The notification shall be no later than the fifteenth
				day after the day on which the change in circumstances occurred. All the
				changes in circumstances shall cause the letter or certificate of exemption in
				effect at the time the changes occur to become null and void as of the
				fifteenth day after the day on which the changes occurred. No person whose
				letter or certificate of exemption has become void as provided in this section
				shall solicit, nor have solicited on his/her behalf by professional
				fund-raisers, any funds until the person has been granted a new letter or
				certificate of exemption or has registered in accordance with sections
				407.453-407.478, RSMo and the rules promulgated under those sections.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986, amended
					 1993.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 3 - Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-3.090 - Charitable Organization Annual Report Form

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This form is adopted and approved for filing
				  as the annual report for use by charitable organizations.
Each charitable organization required by sections
				  407.450 through
				  407.478,
				  RSMo, to file an annual report shall file an annual report on the form
				  designated in
				  15 CSR
				  60-3.020(2). The most current version
				  of the annual report form for use by individual professional fund-raisers may
				  be obtained by mailing a written request to the Missouri Attorney General,
				  Charitable Organization Registry, PO Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102 or in
				  person at the Missouri Attorney General's Office, Supreme Court Building,
				  Jefferson City, Missouri, or, if technically feasible, by downloading a copy of
				  the form from the Attorney General's Internet website.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986, amended 1993;
					 407.462, RSMo 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 3 - Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-3.100 - Annual Reports For Charitable Organizations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the forms and methods
				  by which charitable organizations shall file annual reports following their
				  initial registration.
(1)
				Within seventy-five (75) days of the close of each fiscal year, each charitable
				organization shall file an annual report with the attorney general's office
				using the form prescribed by
				15 CSR
				60-3.090. The first such annual report shall be due
				seventy-five (75) days after the close of the first fiscal year ending after
				the date on which the charitable organization files its initial
				registration.
(2) Each annual
				report shall be accompanied by a fifteen dollar ($15) filing fee, which fee
				must be paid by money order, cashier's check, personal check or corporate
				check. All fees shall be made payable to the Merchandising Practices Revolving
				Fund.
(3) Additional pages may be
				attached to the annual report if necessary to answer any questions. The
				question number being answered must be referenced at the top of the attached
				pages.
(4) Each annual report shall
				be signed and notarized before it may be filed with the attorney general's
				office. Failure to have annual report forms signed and notarized will result in
				an ineffective annual reporting.
(5) Failure to submit an annual report within
				seventy-five (75) days of the close of an organization's fiscal year shall
				cause the registration for that charitable organization to become delinquent. A
				charitable organization with a delinquent registration shall be considered in
				violation of section
				407.462,
				RSMo.
(6) Each charitable
				organization which files its annual report more than seventy-five (75) days
				after the close of its fiscal year shall pay a late fee of ten dollars ($10) in
				addition to the annual report filing fee of fifteen dollars ($15).
(7) The registration of each charitable
				organization which does not file its annual report within six (6) months of the
				close of its fiscal year shall expire and the charitable organization must file
				a new initial registration statement. The new initial registration shall be
				accompanied by a reinstatement filing fee of thirty-five dollars ($35) in
				addition to the fifteen dollar ($15) filing fee required for initial
				registration statements. If funds are solicited during the period in which a
				charitable organization is delinquent or in which its registration has expired,
				the charitable organization shall be in violation of section
				407.462,
				RSMo.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986, amended 1993;
					 407.462, RSMo 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 3 - Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-3.110 - Professional Fund-Raiser Organizations Renewal Application

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This form is adopted and approved as the
				  renewal application for professional fund-raiser organizations.
Each professional fund-raiser organization required by
				  sections
				  407.450 through
				  407.478,
				  RSMo, to file a renewal application shall file a renewal application on the
				  form designated in
				  15 CSR
				  60-3.020(2). The most current version
				  of the renewal application form for use by professional fund-raiser
				  organizations may be obtained by mailing a written request to the Missouri
				  Attorney General, Charitable Organization Registry, PO Box 899, Jefferson City,
				  MO 65102 or in person at the Missouri Attorney General's Office, Supreme Court
				  Building, Jefferson City, Missouri, or, if technically feasible, by downloading
				  a copy of the form from the Attorney General's Internet
				  website.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986, amended 1993;
					 407.466, RSMo 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 3 - Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-3.120 - Individual Professional Fund-Raisers Renewal Application

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This form is adopted and approved as the
				  renewal application for individual professional fund-raisers.
Each individual professional fund-raiser required by sections
				  407.450 through
				  407.478,
				  RSMo, to file a renewal application shall file a renewal application on the
				  form designated in
				  15 CSR
				  60-3.020(2). The most current version
				  of the renewal application form for use by individual professional fundraisers
				  may be obtained by mailing a written request to the Missouri Attorney General,
				  Charitable Organization Registry, PO Box 899, Jefferson City, MO 65102 or in
				  person at the Missouri Attorney General's Office, Supreme Court Building,
				  Jefferson City, Missouri, or, if technically feasible, by downloading a copy of
				  the form from the Attorney General's Internet website.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986, amended 1993;
					 407.466, RSMo 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 3 - Charitable Organizations and Solicitations Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-3.140 - Public Inspection of Register, Filing, Records, Investigative Material and the Like

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule defines that information which
				  shall be open for public inspection.
(1) The register of registrations for
				charitable organizations and professional fund-raisers filed with the attorney
				general's office shall be open for public inspection during normal office
				hours. Additionally, any person may request and be provided a copy of the
				register upon payment of the reasonable cost for duplication.
(2) Information reported to the attorney
				general's office by registrants in the course of completing their registration
				statements, at the discretion of the attorney general, may be deemed
				confidential. Information which may be disclosed by the attorney general's
				office includes, but is not limited to:
(A)
				The name and the address and telephone number of the principal place of
				business of any charitable organization, professional fund-raiser organization
				or individual professional fund-raiser;
(B) The percentage of funds directly expended
				for the cost of fund-raising in any given year for which records are
				kept;
(C) The total dollar amount
				of funds solicited, collected, or both, by any charitable organization or by
				professional fund-raisers on behalf of charitable organizations; and
(D) Any relevant criminal convictions on
				record for any officers, directors or anyone owning more than ten percent (10%)
				of a charitable organization; any officer, director or anyone who owns more
				than ten percent (10%) of a professional fund-raiser organization; or any
				individual professional fund-raiser under Missouri law, the laws of any sister
				state or comparable federal law. Relevant criminal records shall include, but
				are not necessarily limited to, stealing, fraud, misrepresentation and all
				other crimes based on deception or moral turpitude.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 4 - Time-Sharing Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-4.020 - Prize, Gift or Other Inducement, Devices, Disclosures

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule further elaborates upon the
				  minimum requirements set forth in subsection 1 of section
				  407.610,
				  RSMo for inclusion in each promotional program.
(1) Each promotional program shall disclose
				any and all conditions and requirements in connection with the offer of a
				vacation certificate or vacation prize including, but not limited to, the
				following:
(A) The odds of being awarded the
				vacation prize;
(B) The number of
				persons for whom air fare or other method of transportation will be provided
				free of charge as part of the vacation prize package;
(C) All details concerning departure location
				for the vacation;
(D) All details
				concerning lodging accommodations including, but not limited to, how many
				persons will receive free lodging and the length of time for which free lodging
				will be provided;
(E) Whether or
				not meals will be included in the vacation prize package;
(F) Any requirements that the recipient of
				the vacation prize or certificate purchase airline tickets, railway tickets,
				bus tickets or tickets for any other mode of commercial transportation from any
				particular provider and the cost of the ticket(s);
(G) All details concerning the time period in
				which the vacation prize is available;
(H) Whether or not a deposit shall be made by
				the recipient of the vacation prize in order to redeem the vacation certificate
				or to collect the vacation prize and such conditions of the deposit;
				and
(I) All conditions and terms
				under which a deposit may and may not be refunded to the recipient of the
				vacation prize. For example, if the marketing, travel or tour company must make
				deposits with hotels or airlines in connection with providing this vacation
				prize and cancellation is made at the fault of the recipient subsequent to the
				expiration of the cancellation period, the providing company who loses their
				deposit may retain the recipient's refundable deposit.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 4 - Time-Sharing Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-4.040 - Specific Disclosure Requirements for Promotional Devices

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is designed to set forth
				  particular standards to ensure that disclosure of material information required
				  under section
				  407.610,
				  RSMo is not disclosed in such a way as to mislead or conceal it from the
				  consumer.
(1) All disclosures
				required under subsection 1 of section
				407.610,
				RSMo, and rules
				15
				CSR 60-4.020-15 CSR
				60-4.080, shall be printed in type no smaller in size
				than ten (10) point.
(2) When
				disclosing the odds of winning a prize, award or gift, as required under
				subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of section
				407.610,
				RSMo, the odds shall be disclosed as a statement of ratio of number of prizes
				available to be won to number of persons being solicited to participate in the
				promotional program. Examples are-1 in 100,000; 99,997 in 100,000.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo
					 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 4 - Time-Sharing Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-4.050 - List of Award Winners, Required Filing

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is designed to provide access to
				  the record of information maintained as required under subsection 2 of section
				  407.610,
				  RSMo to the attorney general for verification that prizes have been awarded in
				  compliance with the laws of the state of Missouri.
(1) A list of prize winners containing the
				names and addresses of winners for each promotional program shall be provided,
				upon request, to the attorney general within fifteen (15) days after the final
				day of the program. The attorney general may verify receipt of these prizes by
				contacting the prize recipients.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo
					 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 4 - Time-Sharing Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-4.060 - Costs Associated with Promotional Programs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is designed to clarify costs which
				  may or may not be borne by the recipient of a gift, prize, award or other type
				  of inducement device of a time-share property or facility.
(1) When a promotional device uses the words
				sweepstakes, drawing, giveaway, award, prize, gift or any other similar word
				which implies the recipient has won something, there shall be no other
				requirement of the recipient other than listening to a sales presentation and
				taking a tour of the time-share property being offered for sale. Pursuant to
				subsection 2 of section
				407.610,
				RSMo, the seller offering the time-share property shall make delivery of the
				inducement gift, if not at the time of visitation, within ten (10) days
				following such visitation, or shall deliver instead of such gift, or its
				acceptable substitute, cash in an amount equal to the retail value of the gift.
				Cost of such delivery shall be paid by the seller.
(2) A promotional device shall not offer as a
				substitute for a prize, award, gift or other inducement device, a certificate
				of redemption for an item unless it is fully disclosed that the recipient has
				not won an item but will be allowed to pay for that prize, award, gift or other
				inducement at a discounted price. The discount price to be paid by the
				recipient shall be printed in close proximity to the largest printed name of
				the product items offered.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo
					 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 4 - Time-Sharing Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-4.070 - Promotional Device, Copy for Recipient's Record and Information

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is designed to protect consumer's
				  information and allow preservation of prima facie evidence.
(1) Upon acceptance of the terms given in a
				promotional device, when the recipient presents his/her written promotional
				device at the time-share property or facility office or at the sales
				presentation, the recipient shall be given a copy of the original promotional
				device for his/her records.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo
					 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 4 - Time-Sharing Rules › Section 15 CSR 60-4.080 - Five-Day Cancellation Notice Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is designed to ensure that each
				  consumer is properly and sufficiently notified of the right to rescind a
				  purchase contract in connection with the sale of a time-share period. In
				  addition, this rule prescribes a specific period in which the purchaser can
				  expect to receive a refund after the cancellation notice is
				  made.
(1) The seller, his/her
				sales agent or independent marketing contractor shall not misrepresent a
				purchaser's rights of cancellation before, during or after consummation of the
				sales contract for the sale of a time-share period.
(2) The seller shall provide written notice
				of cancellation as required by section
				407.620,
				RSMo. This written notice must be provided on a separate sheet of paper which
				must be signed and dated by the purchaser and the seller or the seller's agent
				or it must be included in the sales contract. The seller's address to which
				notice of cancellation must be made shall be clearly stated on the contract as
				well as the Notice of Right to Cancel.
(3) Full refund shall be made to the
				purchaser, including any deposit and any payment made toward the principal
				balance and interest, within sixty (60) days following receipt of the notice of
				cancellation by seller.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo
					 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 5 - Rules for the Issuance of Orders › Section 15 CSR 60-5.010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: The attorney general enforces the provisions
				  of section
				  407.095,
				  RSMo. The attorney general may define terms, whether or not used in this
				  section, insofar as the definitions are not inconsistent with that section.
				  This rule defines certain terms used in the administration of section
				  407.095,
				  RSMo and in the rules made thereunder. These rules also establish procedures
				  for the issuance of orders to be used under section
				  407.095,
				  RSMo.
(1) Unless inconsistent
				with meaning provided in Chapter 407, RSMo as used in section
				407.095,
				RSMo, and in these rules, the following terms and phrases shall mean:
(A) Business days shall mean every day other
				than Saturday and Sunday and federal or state legal holidays; and
(B) Order shall mean an order to cease and
				desist wherein each person subject to the order is restrained and prohibited
				from engaging in the unlawful conduct during the effective time of the
				order.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 5 - Rules for the Issuance of Orders › Section 15 CSR 60-5.020 - Issuance of Orders

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the procedures for the
				  issuance of orders to be issued under section
				  407.095,
				  RSMo.
(1) Pursuant to the
				provisions of section
				407.095,
				RSMo, the attorney general may issue orders against any person, as defined by
				section
				407.010, RSMo,
				whenever it appears to the attorney general that the person has engaged in, is
				engaging in or is about to engage in any method, act, use, practice or
				solicitation declared to be unlawful by Chapter 407, RSMo. Any order issued by
				the attorney general shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of
				section
				407.095,
				RSMo and these rules.
(2) Prior to
				the issuance of the order, the attorney general's office shall provide notice
				of its intentions to issue the order to each person against whom the order will
				be issued at least two (2) business days prior to the issuance of the order.
(A) The notice shall state the statutory
				section which the person is alleged to have violated, is violating or is about
				to violate, and the notice shall state the method, act, use, practice or
				solicitation in violation of Chapter 407, RSMo, that is subject to the proposed
				order. The notice shall further state the date after which the order may be
				issued, and inform the person against whom the order will be issued that s/he
				has a right to file an answer to the notice and request a hearing with the
				chief counsel of trade offense or his/her designee within two (2) business days
				after service of the notice.
(B)
				The notice may be served in accordance with the provisions of section
				407.040.4., RSMo or by telephone.
(C) When notice is given by telephone, the
				notice may be provided directly to the persons that are to be subject to the
				order or to any person at their principal places of business or
				residences.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 6 - Operation of Health Spas › Section 15 CSR 60-6.010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: The attorney general enforces the provisions
				  of sections 407.325-407.430, RSMo. The attorney general may define terms,
				  whether or not used in those sections, insofar as the definitions are not
				  inconsistent with those sections. This rule defines certain terms used in the
				  administration of sections 407.325-407.340, RSMo and in the corresponding
				  rules.
(1) Unless
				inconsistent with the meaning provided in Chapter 407, RSMo, as used in
				sections 407.325-407.340 and in these rules, the following terms and phrases
				shall mean:
(A) Person-any natural person or
				his/her legal representative, partnership, domestic or foreign corporation,
				company, trust, business entity or association, and any agent, employee,
				salesman, partner, officer, director, member, stockholder, associate, trustee
				or
cestui que
trust thereof.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 6 - Operation of Health Spas › Section 15 CSR 60-6.020 - Forms

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the forms adopted and
				  approved for filing with the Office of the Attorney General.
(1) The following forms have been adopted and
				approved for filing with the attorney general's office, trade offenses
				division:
(A) Form 1-A: Health Spa Initial
				Registration Statement; and
(B)
				Form 1-B: Health Spa Annual Renewal Registration.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 6 - Operation of Health Spas › Section 15 CSR 60-6.030 - Initial Registration Statement

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This form is adopted and approved as the
				  initial registration statement for health spas.
(See Form 1-A)
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986 and 407.327, RSMo
					 1988.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 6 - Operation of Health Spas › Section 15 CSR 60-6.040 - Initial Registration Statement Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes and clarifies the
				  initial registration procedure for filing with the attorney general's
				  office.
(1) Response to each
				registration statement question should be typewritten or neatly printed in
				ink.
(2) Each question blank of the
				registration statement must be completed. If a question is not applicable, such
				should be stated and a reason should be specified. Incomplete registration
				statements may result in ineffective registration.
(3) Additional pages may be attached to the
				registration statement if necessary to answer any question. The question number
				being answered must be referenced at the top of each attached page.
(4) Each registration statement must be
				signed and notarized before it may be filed with the attorney general's office.
				Failure to have the registration form signed and notarized will result in an
				ineffective registration.
(5) Each
				registration statement filing must be accompanied by a filing fee. A filing fee
				of one hundred dollars ($100) per registration and each annual renewal after
				that must be paid by money order, cashier's check, personal check or
				corporation check, payable to the Health Spa Regulatory Fund.
(6) Each registration statement and its
				accompanying attachments and filing fee shall be mailed to the Missouri
				Attorney General's Office, Trade Offenses Division, P. O. Box 899, Jefferson
				City, MO 65102 or may be brought to the Missouri Attorney General's Office,
				Supreme Court Building, Jefferson City, Missouri.
(7) Each registration statement shall be
				effective upon notification by the attorney general's office that the
				registration statement, its attachments and the requisite filing fee have been
				received in proper form.
(8) Any
				questions regarding completion of a registration statement, filing fees, these
				rules or registration procedure should be written to P. O. Box 899, Jefferson
				City, MO 65102, (314) 751-2616.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986 and 407.327, RSMo
					 1988.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 6 - Operation of Health Spas › Section 15 CSR 60-6.050 - Health Spa Renewal Registration

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This form is adopted and approved as the
				  annual renewal registration for health spas.
(See Form 1-B)
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986 and 407.327, RSMo
					 1988.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 6 - Operation of Health Spas › Section 15 CSR 60-6.060 - Health Spa Renewal Registration Procedure

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the procedures health
				  spas shall use in filing an annual renewal registration with the attorney
				  general's office.
(1)
				Registration statements filed by health spas shall expire one (1) year from the
				date of filing. Each health spa, ten (10) days before the expiration date,
				shall file a renewal application with the attorney general's office. The
				renewal application form to be used is prescribed in
				15 CSR
				60-6.050.
(2) Response to each registration statement
				question should be typewritten or neatly printed in ink.
(3) Each question blank of the registration
				statement must be completed. If a question is not applicable, this should be
				stated and a reason should be specified. Incomplete registration statements may
				result in ineffective registration.
(4) Additional pages may be attached to the
				registration statement if necessary to answer any question. The question number
				being answered must be referenced at the top of each attached page.
(5) Each registration statement must be
				signed and notarized before it may be filed with the attorney general's office.
				Failure to have the registration form signed and notarized will result in an
				ineffective registration.
(6) Each
				registration statement filing must be accompanied by a filing fee of one
				hundred dollars ($100) per registration and each annual renewal thereafter, the
				fee must be paid by money order, cashier's check, personal check or corporate
				check, payable to the Health Spa Regulatory Fund.
(7) The registration of each health spa that
				does not file a complete renewal application by the renewal date shall be
				considered delinquent.
(8) Each
				renewal application filed thirty (30) days after the renewal date shall be
				assessed a late filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) in addition to the
				regular filing fee.
(9) Any health
				spa that fails to file a renewal with the attorney general's office within
				forty-five (45) days after the renewal date shall forfeit its
				registration.
(10) To renew after
				forfeiture, a health spa shall submit to the attorney general's office a
				complete initial registration statement. The statement shall be accompanied by
				a reinstatement fee of fifty dollars ($50) in addition to the usual filing fee.
				At the top of the statement, the health spa must disclose the previous
				registration number and indicate the registration statement is for
				reinstatement.
(11) All inquiries
				regarding renewal applications shall be directed, by mail, to the Office of the
				Attorney General, Trade Offenses Division, P.O. Box 899, Jefferson City, MO
				65102, (314) 751-2616.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986 and 407.327, RSMo
					 1988.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 6 - Operation of Health Spas › Section 15 CSR 60-6.070 - Prepayment Basis Notification

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes and clarifies the
				  procedure for filing, with the attorney general's office, financial institution
				  agreements to deposit all funds received from health spas selling contracts or
				  health spa services on a prepayment basis.
(1) In the event that a health spa is
				required by the provision of section
				407.329,
				RSMo, to maintain an account established in a financial institution authorized
				to transact business in the state of Missouri, until the health spa has
				commenced operation, the health spa must provide written notification to the
				attorney general's office of the proposed location of the health spa prior to
				the selling of any health spa contracts or health spa services on a prepayment
				basis.
(2) The financial
				institution shall provide to the attorney general's office written verification
				that the health spa has opened an account for the purpose of depositing all
				funds received from the sale of health spa contracts or health spa services on
				a prepayment basis and the financial institution shall agree to not release the
				funds until written authorization for withdrawal is received from the attorney
				general's office. The verification shall contain the following information:
(A) The name of the health spa;
(B) The proposed location of the health
				spa;
(C) The account number
				established by the health spa;
(D)
				The name of the financial institution; and
(E) The date the account was
				established.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 6 - Operation of Health Spas › Section 15 CSR 60-6.080 - Amendments to Health Spa Initial and Annual Renewal Registration Statements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the method by which
				  health spas shall amend the initial and annual renewal registration statements
				  filed with, and accepted by, the attorney general's office.
(1) In the event that any information
				required and supplied in the initial or annual renewal registration statements
				filed by a health spa as required by section
				407.327,
				RSMo, changes in the extent it causes the statement to be incomplete or
				incorrect, the health spa shall file an amendment to the registration statement
				with the attorney general's office. The amendment shall be filed with the
				attorney general's office within fifteen (15) days of becoming
				applicable.
(2) All amendments to
				an initial registration statement shall be made in letter form and shall
				include:
(A) Name or organization name last
				registered;
(B) Registration file
				number;
(C) A list of any
				amendments to the initial registration statement and any applicable documents
				required by sections 407.325- 407.340, RSMo and these rules; and
(D) The signature of the person who prepared
				the amendment statement, which signature shall be notarized.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 6 - Operation of Health Spas › Section 15 CSR 60-6.090 - Corporate Surety Bond or Letter of Credit Filing Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes and clarifies the
				  filing procedure for corporate surety bonds and letters of credit with the
				  attorney general's office.
(1) In the event that a health spa is
				required by the provisions of sections 407.325- 407.340, RSMo to obtain and
				maintain a bond with corporate security from a company authorized by the
				Division of Insurance of Missouri to do surety business within Missouri or to
				provide a letter of credit from a bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
				Corporation, the health spa must provide a certified copy of the surety bond or
				letter of credit with each health spa initial registration statement and health
				spa annual renewal statement as required by sections 407.325-407.340,
				RSMo.
(2) In the event that a
				health spa duly registered pursuant to the provisions of section
				407.327,
				RSMo, sells health spa contracts or health spa services on a prepayment basis
				and posts a bond or letter of credit in the amount of twenty-five thousand
				dollars ($25,000) in lieu of establishing an account required by section
				407.329,
				RSMo, the bond shall be obtained and maintained with corporate surety from a
				company authorized by the Department of Insurance of the state of Missouri and
				the letter of credit must be provided from a bank insured by the Federal
				Deposit Insurance Corporation. The health spa must provide a certified copy of
				the surety bond or letter of credit to the office of the attorney general prior
				to the sale of any health spa contracts or health spa services on a prepayment
				basis. The bond or letter of credit, required by section
				407.329,
				RSMo, shall be in favor of the state of Missouri and shall be subject to all of
				the provisions and procedures of section
				407.340,
				RSMo.
*Original authority: 407.145, RSMo 1986 and 407.327, RSMo
					 1988.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 7 - Rules for Advertising › Section 15 CSR 60-7.020 - False and Misleading Statements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: The attorney general administers and
				  enforces the provisions of the Merchandising Practices Act, Chapter 407, RSMo
				  (1986). This rule specifies acts and practices that are deemed to be violative
				  of section
				  407.020,
				  RSMo (1986).
(1) A seller
				shall not make a representation or statement of fact in an advertisement that
				is false or has the capacity to mislead prospective purchasers.
*Original authority: 402.020 RSMo 1967, amended 1973, 1985,
					 1986; 407.145, RSMo 1986; and 570.160, RSMo
					 1977.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 7 - Rules for Advertising › Section 15 CSR 60-7.030 - Omission of a Material Fact

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: The attorney general administers and
				  enforces the provisions of the Merchandising Practices Act, Chapter 407, RSMo
				  (1986). This rule specifies acts and practices that are deemed to be violative
				  of section
				  407.020,
				  RSMo (1986).
(1) A seller
				shall not omit any material fact in an advertisement.
*Original authority: 407.020, RSMo 1967, amended 1973,
					 1985, 1986 and 407.145, RSMo 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 7 - Rules for Advertising › Section 15 CSR 60-7.040 - Reasonable Basis for Performance Claims

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: The attorney general administers and
				  enforces the provisions of the Merchandising Practices Act, Chapter 407, RSMo
				  (1986). This rule specifies acts and practices that are deemed to be violative
				  of section
				  407.020,
				  RSMo (1986).
(1) A seller
				shall not make a claim with respect to a product's performance in an
				advertisement unless the seller has in its possession information sufficient to
				form a reasonable belief that the claim, in fact, is true. A seller may rely on
				reasonable performance claims supplied by the manufacturer or supplier of the
				product.
*Original authority: 407.020, RSMo 1967, amended 1973,
					 1985, 1986 and 407.145, RSMo 1986.
Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 15 - ELECTED OFFICIALS › Division 60 - Attorney General › Chapter 7 - Rules for Advertising › Section 15 CSR 60-7.050 - Use of Sale Terminology

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: The attorney general administers and
				  enforces the provisions of the Merchandising Practices Act, Chapter 407, RSMo
				  (1986). This rule specifies acts and practices that are deemed to be violative
				  of section
				  407.020,
				  RSMo (1986).
(1) A seller
				shall not use terminology implying a reduction from a price in effect
				immediately prior to the advertisement (examples: sale, sale prices, now only
				$____) unless-
(A) The reduction is, in fact,
				from a bona fide regular price in effect immediately prior to the
				advertisement; and
(B) The
				reduction is meaningful. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the
				reduction is not meaningful if the reduction in price is less than five percent
				(5%), unless the seller clearly discloses the actual price reduction.