Bill Text: VA HB1860 | 2015 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Collection receptacles for clothing, household items, etc.; required disclosures.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0476) [HB1860 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2015-HB1860-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1860 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on General Laws on February 5, 2015) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Rasoul) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 57-55.4, relating to solicitation of contributions; collection receptacles.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 57-55.4 as follows:

§57-55.4. Collection receptacles; required disclosures.

No (i) business as defined in §58.1-3700.1, other than a charitable or civic organization to which contributions are deductible under § 170 of the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) professional solicitor shall place or maintain a receptacle in public view for the purpose of collecting donated clothing, household items, or other items for future resale unless such person or professional solicitor places on the receptacle a permanent sign or label in a prominent place that includes the following information printed in letters that are no less than three inches in height and no less than one-half inch in width and in a color that contrasts with the color of the receptacle, which sign or label shall be placed immediately below the opening in the receptacle used to deposit donations:

1. The name, business address, and telephone number of the person engaged in such business or the professional solicitor; and

2. a. For a receptacle placed or maintained by a person engaged in such business, a statement that reads: "This donation receptacle is operated by a for-profit business. Items donated here support a for-profit business."; or

b. For a receptacle placed or maintained by the professional solicitor, a statement that reads: "This donation receptacle is operated by a professional solicitor. Items donated here support, in part, the professional solicitor, which is a for-profit entity."