Oklahoma § 74-7007 - State principal combined fund raising organization Definition - Duties and responsibilities

§ 74-7007. State principal combined fund raising organization Definition - Duties and responsibilities

A. The state principal combined fund raising organization shall

be a local federation in the State of Oklahoma that provides,

through one specific annual public solicitation for funds,

substantial voluntary financial support for charitable agencies that

depend on public subscription for support in the state and that has

the necessary staff and volunteer support to administer the

charitable contribution campaign.

B. The state principal combined fund raising organization shall

have the following duties and responsibilities:

1. Work with the Oversight Committee for State Employee

Charitable Contributions to develop the charitable contribution

campaign plan for the State Charitable Campaign;

2. Develop the charitable contribution campaign materials and

publicity for the State Charitable Campaign;

3. Recruit and train the volunteers, departmental coordinators

and solicitors in a bipartisan manner; develop and keep records on

all the accounts to be solicited; and cultivate the accounts to

encourage participation in the charitable contribution campaign;

4. Keep all fiscal and financial records of the activities and

submit to the Oversight Committee for State Employee Charitable

Contributions a separate accounting of all proceeds of the State

Charitable Campaign;

5. Submit to the participating federations a detailed

accounting of the amount of money designated to the federation and

to each of its member agencies; and

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6. Disperse the allocation checks to the participating

agencies.

C. Each state employee shall receive from the state principal

combined fund raising organization general information material with

each federation listed and each of its member agencies listed under

the federation. Each agency and federation shall be identified by a

code number. If descriptions of each agency are used in the general

information material, they shall be provided to the state principal

combined fund raising organization by the federations.

D. Each state employee shall be given the option to designate

his or her gifts. Undesignated gifts shall be allocated pursuant to

the provisions of subsection E of this section.

E. Undesignated money shall be distributed in the same

proportion as designated dollars within the State of Oklahoma.

F. Allocations shall be distributed quarterly; provided, for

campaigns of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) or less,

allocations shall be distributed semiannually. Any interest earned

from funds held prior to distribution will be distributed

proportionally to the distribution of undesignated funds.

Added by Laws 1989, c. 142, § 7, emerg. eff. May 1, 1989. Amended

by Laws 1990, c. 291, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 103, §

6, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Laws 2004, c. 312, § 17, eff. July 1, 2004;

Laws 2006, c. 121, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.