(1) Transfer, from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to the Department of the Attorney General (AG), the duty to oversee the registration of charitable organizations and their professional solicitors and professional fundraising counsel;

(2) Require professional solicitors to file, within 90 days of the completion of a fundraising campaign and on the anniversary of a campaign's commencement for those lasting more than one year, a financial report that includes the gross revenue and an itemization of all expenses incurred;

(3) Permit the AG to refuse to register, suspend a registration, or revoke a registration when a charitable organization, professional fundraising counsel, or professional solicitor violates a requirement of chapter 467B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, (chapter 467B), fails to produce required records or disclose required information, or makes a material false statement in any required application, statement, or report;

(4) Permit the AG to invoke various penalties and restrictions when a person commits an act as specified in paragraph (2);

(5) Create a Solicitation of Funds for Charitable Purposes Special Fund to enforce chapter 467B and disseminate information to the general public;

(6) Require that contracts between charitable organizations and professional fundraising counsel or professional solicitors be written and filed with the AG no less than ten business days prior to the performance of any service, and that no solicitation or service begin before the contract is filed;

(7) Require that these contracts shall contain certain specified provisions;

(8) Specify that professional fundraising counsel and professional solicitors must be registered with the AG before contracting with charitable organizations, or else the charity may void the contract;

(9) Enumerate the record-keeping duties of solicitors with respect to ticket sales of charitable events; and

(10) Prohibit a person from acting as a professional solicitor if that person or the person's agent has been convicted of any felony by any federal or state court, or of any misdemeanor involving dishonesty or arising from conduct of a solicitation for a charitable organization or purpose; and

(11) Increase the existing bond requirement from $5,000 to $25,000 and registration and renewal fees from $50 to $250.

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2010, to promote further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and to conform to drafting style.