Exempt Auctioneers Charitable Solicitation Requirements

Plain English Breakdown

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Exempt Auctioneers from Charitable Solicitation Rules

This law says that auctioneers who work for charities do not have to follow certain rules about asking for money, as long as they don't handle the donations themselves.

What This Bill Does

• Defines an 'auctioneer' as someone who runs auctions and is not considered a 'paid solicitor' under Colorado's charitable laws if they are working with charities.
• Exempts auctioneers from having to follow rules about asking for money if they are working with charities, whether paid or volunteering.
• Doesn't apply the exemption if the auctioneer handles donations directly.

Who It Names or Affects

• Auctioneers who work with charitable organizations in Colorado
• Charitable organizations that hire or have volunteer auctioneers

Terms To Know

paid solicitor

Someone who asks for money from the public to support a charity and gets paid for it.

charitable organization

A group that helps people or does good things in the community, often with donations.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only applies to auctioneers who do not handle contributions directly.
• It is unclear how this exemption will be enforced or monitored by Colorado's regulatory bodies.

Official Summary Text

As defined in the 'Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act', a 'paid solicitor' is a person that, for monetary compensation, performs a service in which contributions are solicited in Colorado for a charitable purpose or for the benefit of a charitable organization.
The act excludes from the definition of 'paid solicitor' an auctioneer who provides auctioneer services to a charitable organization. As a result, the auctioneer is exempted from the requirements of the 'Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act' for paid solicitors. The exemption applies regardless of whether the auctioneer is contracted or paid to provide their auctioneer services to the charitable organization or is volunteering their auctioneer services to the charitable organization without compensation. However, for the exemption to apply, an auctioneer who provides auctioneer services to a charitable organization may not directly receive or handle contributions or charitable funding on behalf of the charitable organization for which the auctioneer is contracted or volunteering.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)