None of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to the activities of any organization or association of persons or any person engaged by or under its authority, in soliciting donations of salvageable personal property solely from members of the organization or in selling salvageable personal property obtained from the organization’s members by that soliciting, or the soliciting and sale of salvageable personal property by fraternal, social, political, or service organizations for occasional rummage sales or bazaars where the activity does not constitute a major part of the organization’s activities and is not conducted as a permanent or continuous operation. Nor shall the provisions of this chapter apply to an association which is exempt under Section 23701d or 23701f of the Revenue and Taxation Code if the membership of the association is comprised of persons with physical, mental, or developmental disabilities and the primary purpose of the association is to provide services to persons with those disabilities.

(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 391, Sec. 1.)