OFFICE OF THE MISSISSIPPI SECRETARY OF STATE
BUSINESS REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION

 

THE MATTER OF:

 

 

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WILLIAM J. CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL 
FOUNDATION I .
PROCEEDING
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Post Office Box 1104 . .
Little AR 72203  
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Respondent 2 5 ?82
- BUSINESS REGULATION a ENFORCEMENI
I SECRETARYOFSTATE 
CONSENT 
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This agreement is hereby enterei into betweenthe State of MisSissippi, Secretary of
State?s Qf?ce,? Business Regulation and Enforcement Division (?Division?), by and thiough
James 0. Nelson, II, Assistant Secretary of'State, and?William J. Clinton. Presidential Foundation
(?Respondent?), by and througii  agent, I L. Rethertord, ?resident.? I I

The Division, having the. power to amninistet and to erovide for the enforcement of all
provisions of the Mississippi Charitable Solicitations Act (the and Respondent do hereby
enter into this Consent Agreement in tesolution of? the following allegations by the Division of
Violations of certain. proyisions of the Act: I

1. Respondent is? a F?charitable organization? as de?ned in the Act. Miss. Code
Ann. 79?1 (Rev. 2001);

BetWeen September ~14, 2001 and Apti}. 5, .2002, Respondent solicited
conttibutions from individuals in Mississippi in the amount of $5,503.00;

- 3. Between September 14? .2001 and April 2002 no, effective registration
Statement of the Respondent was on tile With the Division as required by the
Act; 

4. Therefore, Respondent solicited contributions from Mississippi residents 1
during the period inquestion in violationof the Act. -

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. Respondent, under the terms of this Consent Agreement and solely for the purpose Iof
resolving the foregoing allegations, stipulates without a hearing to the matters set forth above in.
Paragraph I and hereby consents to the'issuance of this ConsentAgi-eement and further consents
to and agrees to the undertakings contained herein, with no 'formal administrative hearing and
detemiinatiOn of wrongdoing. Furthermore, the, undersigned agent for the Respondent
acknowledges that he has been lawfully vested with the authority to enter into this Consent 
Agreement on behalf of the Respondent.


THEREFORE, in consideration of a ?nal resolution of the?matters' set forth above. in -
Paragraph I, the Division and hereby agree and stipulate as follows:

1. {Respondent stipulates to the jurisdiction of the Division as to all matters
contained herein under the authority of the Act and acknowledges that the
issuance of this Consent Agreement is solely for the purpose of resolving the
matters set forth above in Paragraph I. 

2. The Division shell impose a penalty upon the Respondent in the amount of 

$500.00; Respondent shall remit payment to the Division, payable to the
?Mississippi Secretary of State? upon ekecntion of this Agreement. 

. This Consent Agreement is in resolution of the matters contained in Paragraph.
I. As a result of this Consent Agreement, the matters contained in Paragraph I

cannot be used as a basis for action. by the Division except as set forth in
ParagraphIV below. - .v 

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IV. .
.In the event Respondent fails or neglects to comply With any of the agreements,
stipulations or undertakings set . forth in  Consent-?Agreement, the Division may; without

notice to the Respondent, unilaterally rescind - this Agreement and institnte am} legal or

 administrative proceedings it deems apprOpriate including, but 'n?bt limited to, proceedings t6

address th? matters set forth. in. Paragraph I above..

ERIC CLARK
Secretary ?of State 

 

Date:

 

William J. Ciinton Presidential Foundation
Resp/Endent

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fames L. Rutherford . 

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