North Carolina § 131F-1 - Purpose.

§ 131F-1. Purpose.

The General Assembly recognizes the right of persons or organizations to conduct solicitation activities. It is the intent of the General Assembly to protect the public by requiring full disclosure by persons who solicit contributions from the public of the purposes for which the contributions are solicited and how the contributions are actually used. It is the intent of the General Assembly to prohibit deception, fraud, and misrepresentation in the solicitation and reporting of contributions. History (1981, c. 886, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 759, s. 2.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1998-212, s. 12.14(a), provides all functions, powers, duties, and obligations previously vested in the Department of Health and Human Services under Chapter 131F of the General Statutes are transferred to and vested in the Department of the Secretary of State as if by a Type I transfer defined in G.S. 143A-6 ; all statutory authority, powers, duties, functions, records, personnel, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations or other funds of the program transferred pursuant to this section shall be transferred in their entirety. Session Laws 1998-212, s. 30.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 1998-99 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 1998-99 fiscal year." Session Laws 1998-212, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations and Capital Improvement Appropriations Act of 1998.' " Session Laws 1998-212, s. 30.5, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2012-142, s. 21.1, provides: "Fees collected under Chapter 131F of the General Statutes shall be deposited into the General Fund." Session Laws 2012-142, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2012.'" Session Laws 2012-142, s. 27.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2012-2013 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2012-2013 fiscal year." Session Laws 2012-142, s. 27.7, is a severability clause. Legal Periodicals. - For survey, "An Informed Consumer is the Best Defense: Charitable Solicitation Regulation in North Carolina Under N.C. Gen. Stat. G.S. 131F-1 to -28," see 73 N.C.L. Rev. 2303 (1995).