§ 34-1-2. Licenses required.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any charitable or civic organization, except as otherwise provided herein, to solicit contributions, have funds solicited on its behalf, to engage in such business or act within the meaning and application of this Chapter within the County without holding a license therefor, currently in force, obtained in compliance with the provisions of this Article.

(b)

Each chapter, branch, or affiliate of a federated fund-raising organization may separately file the registration statement required and be licensed or may report the information to its parent organization which shall then furnish such information as to itself and all local chapters, branches or affiliates in a consolidated form, and be licensed as to all activities reported on such consolidated form. Any federated fund-raising organization may elect to exclude from its consolidated report that information relating to the separate fund-raising activities of any or all of its independent member agencies, in which case such independent member agency must make separate application for a license.

(c)

The following persons shall be exempt from the licensing requirements of this Section:

(1)

Educational institutions that are accredited by the Virginia Board of Education, by a regional accrediting association or by an organization affiliated with the National Commission on Accrediting, the Association Montessori Internationale, the American Montessori Society, or the Virginia Association of Independent Schools, any foundation having an established identity with any of the aforementioned education institutions, and any other educational institution confining its solicitation of contributions to its student body, alumni faculty and trustees, and their families.

(2)

Organizations which solicit only within the membership of the organization by the members thereof.

(3)

Organizations which have no office within the County, and which solicit in the County only from without the Commonwealth of Virginia solely by means of telephone or telegraph, direct mail or advertising in national media.

(4)

Organizations which have registered with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services of the Commonwealth of Virginia or organizations which are a chapter, branch or affiliate included in the consolidated report of an organization or federated organization which is so registered with said Administrator.

(5)

Health care institutions which have been granted tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and any supporting organization which exists solely to support any such health care institutions.

(d)

No charitable or civic organization shall be exempt under this Section unless it shall submit, before any solicitation in any calendar year, to the Director, on forms to be prescribed by him, the name, address and purpose of the organization and a statement setting forth the reason for the claim for exemption. If exempted, the Director shall issue, annually, a letter of exemption which may be exhibited to the public. No license fee shall be required of any exempt organization.

(23-84-34.)

(23-84-34.)