| (a) No individual, corporation, association, or organization
may be permitted in state buildings for the purpose of:
(1) selling, or offering for sale, any real property,
goods, or services; or
(2) soliciting gifts of money, or gifts of property,
without regard to the charitable nature of such gifts, or the method
of solicitation.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be understood to
prohibit any agency head from authorizing any or all of the acts in
subsection (a) of this section within the confines of that agency's
space in state buildings.
(c) The placing or distributing of advertising literature,
material, placards, banners, posters, etc., in state buildings is
limited to the common areas, such as lobbies, and other areas as designated
by the agency head, within the confines of that agency's space in
state buildings. The activities described in this subsection shall
not be conducted in a manner which disturbs or disrupts work activity
or which compromises security of employees, visitors, or state property.
Such activities may be conducted only during the times specified in §8.4(b)
of this title (relating to Access to State Buildings).
(d) The activities prohibited in subsections (a) and
(c) of this section are also prohibited on state parking lots and
in state parking garages. Literature may be distributed at the entrances
or exits to such facilities if the activity does not impede vehicular
or pedestrian traffic.
(e) A state-sponsored fund raising event for a charitable
organization may be approved under the circumstances detailed in this
subsection.
(1) The charitable organization must have tax-exempt
status with the Internal Revenue Service and/or the state comptroller.
(2) The event must be approved by the executive director
of each agency housed within the building.
(3) All proceeds from the event must go to the charitable
organization.
(4) The event must be organized, directed, and staffed
by state employees only.
(5) No commercial advertisements may be displayed.
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