Ohio § 1716.05

§ 1716.05.

(A) No person shall act as a fund-raising counsel unless the person first has complied

with the requirements of this chapter and any rules adopted under this chapter. (B) Any fund-raising counsel that at any time has custody of contributions from a solicitation

shall do all of the following: (1) Not later than ninety days after a solicitation campaign has been completed and on

the anniversary of the commencement of a solicitation campaign lasting more than one

year, furnish an accounting of all contributions collected and expenses paid, to the

charitable organization with which the fund-raising counsel has contracted.  The accounting shall be in writing and shall be retained by the charitable organization

for three years.  The fund-raising counsel shall file a copy of the accounting with the attorney general

not later than seven days after it is furnished to the charitable organization. (2) Not later than two days after receipt of each contribution, deposit the entire amount

of the contribution in an account at a bank or other federally insured financial institution

which shall be in the name of the charitable organization with which the fund-raising

counsel has contracted.  Each contribution collected by the fund-raising counsel shall be solely in the name

of that charitable organization.  The charitable organization shall have sole control of all withdrawals from the

account and the fund-raising counsel shall not be given the authority to withdraw

any deposited funds from the account. (3) During each solicitation campaign and for not less than three years after its completion,

maintain the following records that shall be made available to the attorney general

upon the attorney general's request: (a) A record of each contribution that at any time is in the custody of the fund-raising

counsel, including the name and address of each contributor and the date and amount

of the contribution, provided that the attorney general shall not disclose that information

except to the extent necessary for investigative or law enforcement purposes; (b) The location of each bank or financial institution in which the fund-raising counsel

has deposited revenue from the solicitation campaign and the account number of each

account in which the deposits were made. (C) Unless otherwise provided in this section, any change in any information filed with

the attorney general pursuant to this section shall be reported in writing to the

attorney general within seven days after the change occurs. (D) No person shall serve as a fund-raising counsel, or be a member, officer, employee,

or agent of any fund-raising counsel, who has been convicted of a disqualifying offense

as determined in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code . (E) The information provided under this section to the attorney general by a fund-raising

counsel shall be included in the reports and files required to be compiled and maintained

by the attorney general pursuant to divisions (E) and (F) of section 1716.08 of the Revised Code . (F) If a fund-raising counsel fails to comply in a timely or complete manner with any

of the requirements under this section, the fund-raising counsel is liable for and,

in addition to any fee required in this section, shall pay two hundred dollars for

each late filing.  Each accounting shall be considered a separate filing for the purposes of this section.  Any fees required by this section are in addition to, and not in place of, penalties

prescribed in this chapter.