File #: 2011-0077    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/14/2011 In control: Government Accountability and Oversight Committee
On agenda: Final action: 3/14/2011
Enactment date: 3/25/2011 Enactment #: 17047
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the limitations on fundraising and administrative and overhead costs allowable under the employee giving program annual charitable campaign; and amending Ordinance 16035, Section 5, and K.C.C. 3.36.045.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips
Indexes: Charitable Campaign
Code sections: 3.36.045 - .
Attachments: 1. 17047.pdf, 2. 2011-0077 transmittal letter.doc, 3. 2011-0077 fiscal note.xls, 4. 2011-0077 Employee Charitable Campaign SR
Drafter
Clerk 02/03/2011
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the limitations on fundraising and administrative and overhead costs allowable under the employee giving program annual charitable campaign; and amending Ordinance 16035, Section 5, and K.C.C. 3.36.045.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 16035, Section 5, and K.C.C. 3.36.045 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. A federation or charitable organizations may participate in the campaign if the federation or charitable organization submits a timely application for participation to the committee to include, at a minimum, a certification signed by an authorized officer or employee of the federation or charitable organization, which shall contain statements to the effect that:
1. The federation and each organization represented by the federation, or the charitable organization, meets the standards established respectively in K.C.C. 3.36.020 B. and C;
2. For a federation, the federation has express permission of the board of directors of each charitable organization represented by the federation for the use of the organization's name and participation in the campaign;
3. The federation and each organization represented by the federation, or the charitable organization, is registered with the Washington state Secretary of State as provided by RCW 19.09.065 and is in compliance with Washington state laws governing charities to the best of the knowledge of the individual certifying the application; and
4. The federation and each organization represented by the federation, or the charitable organization, except government units, are governed by a voluntary board of directors that serves without compensation for serving on the board;
5.a. The participating organization does not discriminate for or against any individual or group on account of race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation, or the presence of...

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