§ 21a-190b — Registration of charitable organizations prior to solicitation. Hearing on application. Late fee. Extension of time for financial report. Failure to register.

(a) Every charitable organization not exempted by section 21a-190d shall annually register with the department prior to conducting any solicitation or prior to having any solicitation conducted on its behalf by others. Application for registration shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall include a nonrefundable application fee of fifty dollars. Such application shall include: (1) A registration statement, (2) an annual financial report for such organization for the preceding fiscal year that is prepared in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 21a-190c, and (3) an audited or reviewed financial statement as required by subsection (b) of section 21a-190c. An authorized officer of the organization shall certify that the statements therein are true and correct to the best of their knowledge. A chapter, branch or affiliate in this state of a registered parent organization shall not be required to register provided the parent organization files a consolidated annual registration for itself and its chapter, branch or affiliate. Each charitable organization shall annually renew its registration not later than eleven months after the end of such organization's fiscal year. (b) In the event the department determines that the application for registration does not contain the documents required in subsection (a) of this section or is not in accordance with the regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter, the department shall notify the charitable organization of such noncompliance not later than ten days after the department's receipt of such application for registration. Any such charitable organization may request a hearing on its noncompliant status in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. (c) In addition to the application fee required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a charitable organization shall pay a late fee of twenty-five dollars for each month, or part thereof, that such application for registration is late. The commissioner may, upon written request and for good cause shown, waive or reduce any late fee under this section. (d) In the event that a charitable organization fails to register in accordance with the provisions of this section, such organization shall include in its application for registration an annual financial report for each of the previous years in which such organization was required to file an application for registration or an annual financial report. (e) Any charitable organization registered in accordance with this section on September 30, 2005, shall be deemed to be registered pursuant to this section until the last day of the fifth month after the close of the fiscal year in effect on September 30, 2005.

Legislative History

(P.A. 86-369, S. 2; P.A. 05-101, S. 1; P.A. 09-102, S. 2; P.A. 10-9, S. 13; P.A. 13-196, S. 9; P.A. 18-40, S. 1; P.A. 23-98, S. 17; 23-99, S. 31.) History: P.A. 05-101 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to require annual registration, increase registration fee from $20 to $50, establish items to be included in application and make conforming changes, and added Subsec. (b) re noncompliance, Subsec. (c) re late fee, Subsec. (d) re extension of time for filing of annual financial report, Subsec. (e) re failure to register and Subsec. (f) re charitable organizations registered on September 30, 2005, effective June 7, 2005; P.A. 09-102 amended Subsec. (c) to allow commissioner to waive or reduce late fee and amended Subsec. (d) to change time period extension to 6 months from report's due date, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 10-9 changed “made on forms prescribed by the department” to “in a form prescribed by the commissioner” in Subsec. (a), deleted written notification requirement in Subsec. (b) and deleted written request provision in Subsec. (d), effective May 5, 2010; P.A. 13-196 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and change 5-month deadline for renewal to 11-month deadline, amended Subsec. (c) to delete provision re late fee not including any month during which extension of time was granted, deleted former Subsec. (d) re extension of time for filing of charitable organization's annual financial report and redesignated existing Subsecs. (e) and (f) as Subsecs. (d) and (e), effective June 21, 2013; P.A. 18-40 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “payment of a fee of fifty dollars” with “a nonrefundable application fee of fifty dollars”, replacing “Two authorized officers” with “An authorized officer”, and deleting provision re signing registration statement, and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provision re application deemed approved if not notified by department, and replaced provision re time for hearing to be held with provision re hearing in accordance with Ch. 54, effective May 31, 2018; P.A. 23-98 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by adding “or reviewed”, effective June 26, 2023; P.A. 23-99 made an identical change as P.A. 23-98, effective June 29, 2023.