(a) To be eligible to participate in the State Employee
Charitable Campaign and apply via the recertification process:
(1) the local federation/fund and affiliates must have
participated in the previous year's campaign; and
(2) the local federation/fund and affiliates must have
not spent more than 25% of its annual revenue for administrative and
fund raising expenses in the prior year's campaign.
(b) To participate in the State Employee Charitable
Campaign via the re-certification process the local federation/fund
must submit the following:
(1) letter from the State Policy Committee stating
eligibility to apply to the state employee charitable campaign via
the re-certification process;
(2) all documentation in compliance with §330.1
of this title (relating to Audit and Review Requirements); and
(3) current operating budget.
(c) To participate in the State Employee Charitable
Campaign via the re-certification process, the affiliate charitable
organization must submit the following:
(1) letter from the State Policy Committee stating
eligibility to apply to the state employee charitable campaign via
the re-certification process; and
(2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990, specifically,
all pages of the Form 990 preceding and including the signature pages,
which shall contain the signature and attestation of the individual
preparing the form. The form must be less than 18 months old.
(d) To participate in the State Employee Charitable
Campaign via the re-certification process the affiliate charitable
organization must submit a full application to the local federation/fund.
(e) A complete application with all documentation shall
be maintained by the local federation/fund for 3 years after the date
of application. The LEC or the SPC may conduct a random audit of any
and all documentation prior to and subsequent to approval of the federation/fund
or affiliate for any year's state employee charitable campaign.
(f) Every third year, the local federation/fund will
be required to submit a complete application for the federation/fund
and affiliates.
(g) A local unaffiliated charitable organization is
not eligible to apply to the State Employee Charitable Campaign via
the re-certification process at any time. A full application with
all required documentation must be submitted each year.
(h) Each re-certification application is subject to
review and approval or rejection by the current State Policy Committee
or Local Employee Committee, is subject to the rules then in effect,
and can be denied for any of the reasons that a full application can
be denied.
|
Source Note: The provisions of this §330.7 adopted to be effective March 16, 2006, 31 TexReg 1723; amended to be effective July 2, 2008, 33 TexReg 5025; amended to be effective December 4, 2014, 39 TexReg 9364; amended to be effective April 17, 2018, 43 TexReg 2284 |