Salvageable personal property: collection boxes.

Existing law makes it unlawful for any association of persons to engage, directly or indirectly, in the soliciting of donations or in selling salvageable personal property obtained by soliciting, except qualified charitable organizations, as described, that meet specified requirements. Existing law authorizes counties and cities to impose additional requirements for the privilege of soliciting and selling salvageable personal property within their jurisdictions. This bill would impose requirements for the placement of statements specifying prescribed information on collection boxes, as defined. The bill specifies that its provisions shall not be deemed to supersede the authority of the Department of Justice or to limit a city, county, or city and county from regulating, monitoring, or prohibiting collection boxes. The bill would also allow the city, county, or city and county to declare a collection box that is in violation of these provisions to be a public nuisance and to impose additional requirements on the solicitation and sale of salvageable personal property within its jurisdiction.