2021 Tennessee Code
Part 5 - Solicitation of Charitable Funds
§ 48-101-513. Violations — Required Notices, Disclosures, Records

THIS IS NOT A CHARITY. DONATIONS MADE HERE WILL BE SOLD BY A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS AND ARE NOT TAX-DEDUCTIBLE.
DONATIONS MADE HERE WILL BE SOLD BY A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS, AND A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS WILL BE PAID TO [NAME OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION]. FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PAYMENTS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM [NAME OF PERSON OPERATING COLLECTION RECEPTACLE] AT [PHONE NUMBER AND ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS] AND FROM [NAME OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION] AT [PHONE NUMBER AND ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS].
No more contributions for donated tickets shall be solicited than the number of ticket commitments received from charitable organizations.
The professional solicitor shall maintain a record of the names of donors, their addresses and the date that their donations were received for a three-year period after a solicitation campaign has been completed. No donor list, information or documentation, required to be maintained under this subsection (h), which is obtained by the secretary of state pursuant to this part, unless otherwise ordered by a court for good cause shown, shall be produced for inspection, copied by or its contents disclosed to any person other than an authorized representative of the secretary of state, the attorney general and reporter or the attorney general and reporter's representative, or other proper law enforcement officials for the purpose of enforcing this part or prosecuting other criminal or civil violations, without the consent of the person who produced the information or documentation. The secretary of state, the attorney general and reporter or the attorney general and reporter's representative or other proper law enforcement officials may use such information or documentation as determined necessary in the enforcement of this part or other criminal or civil laws, including the presentation as part of any administrative or judicial proceedings.
Prior to the commencement of each solicitation campaign, a professional solicitor shall file with the secretary of state copies, or samples, of each type of solicitation campaign literature or promotional materials utilized in the solicitation campaign, including, but not limited to, the text of any solicitation scripts or pitches made to the public orally, which is utilized in the campaign. Within seven (7) days after any modification or changes in campaign solicitation literature or promotional materials utilized by the professional solicitor, the secretary of state shall be notified in writing and be given samples or copies of such changes and modifications.
No person shall, in connection with the solicitation of contributions or the sale of goods, magazines, newspaper advertising, or any other service, use the name “POLICE,” “FIREFIGHTER,” or “FIREMEN,” unless properly authorized by a bona fide police or firefighter organization or police or fire department. Such authorization must bear the signatures of two (2) bona fide members of the organization or department.

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