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investigating and preparing the case, violation, and such expenses shall be Fund of the City. not to exceed $250 per paid into the General Section 26-66. Unlawful solicitations generally. (a) No charitable or civic organization, professional fund-raising counsel or professional solicitor shall solicit in the city without being duly registered as required by law. (b) No professional solicitor shall solicit on behalf a charitable or civic organization unless the charitable or civic organization has registered or been granted the appropriate exempt status under this chapter. of Section 26-67. Soliciting without authority from organization. (a) No person shall make any representation that he is soliciting contributions~for or on behalf of a charitable or civic organization or shall use or display any emblem, device or printed matter belonging to or associated with a charitable or civic organ±zation fo~ the purpose of soliciting.~r~ inducing contributions from the public without first being authorized to do so by the charitable or civic organization. Section 26-72. Misrepresentations as to income tax deductions. (b) No person shall represent or imply that a contributor will be entitled to any income tax deduction for his contribution unless a signed opinion of legal counsel or an Internal Revenue Service ruling or determination letter holding gifts to such organization to be deductible has been obtained. Section 26-73. Unlawful use of funds raised by solicitation. No person shall use or permit the use of the funds raised by a charitable solicitation for any purpose other than the solicited purpose or, with respect to funds raised by general appeals, the General purposes of the charitable or civic organization on whose behalf the solicitation was made. 3. That Section 26-74 be added to the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, t~ read as fcllows: