A. Banks and ATMs. No person shall solicit, ask, or beg within 15 feet of any entrance or exit of any bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or check cashing business during its business hours or within 15 feet of any automated teller machine during the time it is available for customers' use. Provided, however, that when an automated teller machine is located within an automated teller machine facility, such distance shall be measured from the entrance or exit of the automated teller machine facility. Provided further that no person shall solicit, ask, or beg within an automated teller machine facility where a reasonable person would or should know that he or she does not have the permission to do so from the owner or other person lawfully in possession of such facility. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit the lawful vending of goods and services within such areas.
(1) Definitions. For purposes of this section:
(a) "Bank" means any member bank of the Federal Reserve System, and any bank, banking association, trust company, savings bank, or other banking institution organized or operated under the laws of the United States, and any bank the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(b) "Savings and loan association" means any federal savings and loan association and any "insured institution" as defined in Section 401 of the National Housing Act, as amended, and any federal credit union as defined in Section 2 of the Federal Credit Union Act.
(c) "Credit union" means any federal credit union and any state chartered credit union the accounts of which are insured by the Administrator of the National Credit Union Administration.
(d) "Check cashing business" means any person duly licensed as a check seller, bill payer, or pro-rater pursuant to Division 3 of the California Financial Code, commencing with Section 12000.
(e) "Automated teller machine" shall mean any electronic information processing device which accepts or dispenses cash in connection with a credit, deposit, or convenience account.
(f) "Automated teller machine facility" shall mean the area comprised of one or more automated teller machines, and any adjacent space which is made available to banking customers after regular banking hours.
(2) Exemptions. The provisions of Subdivision A shall not apply to any unenclosed automated teller machine located within any building, structure, or space whose primary purpose or function is unrelated to banking activities, including, but not limited to, supermarkets, airports, and school buildings, provided that such automated teller machine shall be available for use only during the regular hours of operation of the building, structure, or space in which such machine is located.
B. Motor Vehicles and Parking Lots.
(1) Motor Vehicles. No person shall approach an operator or occupant of a motor vehicle for the purpose of soliciting, asking, or begging while such vehicle is located in any public place.
(2) Parking Lots. No person shall solicit, ask, or beg in any public parking lot or structure any time after dark. "After dark" means any time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise.
(3) Exemptions. Subdivision B shall not apply to any of the following:
(a) to solicitations related to business which is being conducted on the subject premises by the owner or lawful tenants;
(b) to solicitations related to the lawful towing of a vehicle; or,
(c) to solicitations related to emergency repairs requested by the operator or other occupant of a vehicle.
C. Public Transportation Vehicles.
(1) "Public transportation vehicle" shall mean any vehicle, including a trailer bus, designed, used, or maintained for carrying 10 or more persons, including the driver; or a passenger vehicle designed for carrying fewer than 10 persons, including the driver, and used to carry passengers for hire.
(2) Any person who solicits, asks, or begs in any public transportation vehicle is guilty of a violation of this Section.