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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSM0~H, VIRGINIA, 1977, BY AMENDING ARTICLE III OF CWCHA~£~ 25, THEREOF, PERTAINING TO SOLICITATIONS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Article III of Chapter 25 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended to read as follows: ARTICLE III. Solicitations Section 25-31. Definitions. Unless a ~3_fferent meaning is required by the context, the following tenms as used in this chapter shall have the meaninqs hereinafter re- spectively ascribed to them: (1) "Charitable organization". Any person which is or holds itself out to be organized or operated 'for any charitable pu_~pose, or any person which solicits contributions frc~ the public. This 8ef~nition shall not be deemed to include any church or convention or association of churches, pr~narily operated for non-secular purposes and not ps_vt of the net incc~e of which inures to the direct benefit of any individual; nos shall it include any political party as defined in Section 24.1, Code of Virginia, 1950, as ~ed, or any political cc~r/tbee required by local, State or Federal law to file a report or ~ta%~nt of contributions and expenditures; nor shall it include any l~r union registered under Section 40.1-76, Code of Virginia, 1950, as an~nded, nor any trade association, by authority Of such organizatiOn, solely on bed/a3~ of a registered or exempt charitable organization or on k~r~3nf of an organization excluded frc~ tb~ definition of charitable organization. (2) "Charitable purpose". Any charitable, benevolent, humane, pkilantropic, or eleemosynary purpose and the purposes of influencing legislation or influencing the actions of any public official or instigating, prosecuting, or inter~oiug in litigation. (3) "Contribution". Any gift, bequest, devise or other grant or any money, .credit, financial assistance or property of any king of value~ including the prc~ise to contribute, ex,pt pa].~_nts by the membership of ~n organization for msmbership fees, dues, fines, or assessments, or financial assistance or property received from any contribution ~2nall not include any gov~tal authority. The term" * ' " donation of blood or any gift made pursuant to the Uniform Anarchical Gift Act.