37 Tex. Admin. Code § 8.8 - Solicitation in State Buildings
(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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