Section 2650.70  Allocation of Expenses to SECA Participants Membership

a)         The Department shall allocate expenses in any of the following manners:

1)         Expenses will be divided pro rata among all participating Qualified Charitable Organizations based on contributions from the prior campaign year.

2)         In any year in which a Newly Qualified Charitable Organization is participating, each such Newly Qualified Organization will contribute an amount equal to Y, where Y will be calculated as follows:

            For purposes of allocating expenses to the remaining Qualified Charitable Organizations, the amounts allocated to the Newly Qualified Charitable Organizations will then be subtracted from the total expenses, and the remainder will be divided pro rata among all the remaining Qualified Charitable Organizations based on percentage of total contributions received in the prior campaign year.

3)         Expenses will be divided among all organizations that participate directly in the SECA Campaign as a Qualified Charitable Organization or that benefit from the SECA Campaign by receiving a distribution from a Qualified Charitable Organization.

b)        Each Qualified Charitable Organization will have 60 days after receipt of its assessment to submit payment.  Newly Qualified Charitable Organizations will pay one half of their assessment by October 1 and the balance by March 1.

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 20661, effective December 7, 2005)