§ 8-84-106. Rehabilitation of Persons With Disabilities – Rules
Except as otherwise provided by law, the department shall provide rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities who the department determines are eligible for the services. The department shall: Cooperate with other departments, agencies, and institutions, both public and private, in: Providing the services authorized by this article to persons with disabilities; Studying the problems involved […]
§ 8-84-107. Cooperation With Federal Government
The department shall cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of any federal statutes pertaining to the purposes of this article, including the licensing of blind persons to operate vending stands on federal property. The department may adopt by rule methods of administration that are reasonably required by the federal government for […]
§ 8-84-108. Transfer of Functions – Transition Plan – Report
On and after July 1, 2016, the rights, powers, duties, and functions regarding vocational rehabilitation programs, including the business enterprise program, vested in the department of human services prior to that date are transferred from the department of human services to the department of labor and employment by a type 2 transfer, as such transfer […]
§ 8-84-201. Short Title
This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the “Business Enterprise Program Act”. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 484, § 2, effective July 1, 2016. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 26-8.5-100.1 as it existed prior to 2016.
§ 8-84-202. Definitions
As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: “Person who is blind” means a person who has not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or an equally disabling loss of the visual field as evidenced by a limitation to the field of vision in the […]
§ 8-84-203. Priority for Persons Who Are Blind – Licensing
The department shall issue licenses to persons who are blind and who are qualified to operate vending facilities, in accordance with the criteria used for the licensing of operators of vending facilities on federal property pursuant to section 8-84-107 and the federal “Randolph-Sheppard Vending Stand Act”, as amended. In addition, the department may issue licenses […]
§ 8-84-204. Satisfactory Sites for Vending Facilities – Other Businesses Operated by Persons Who Are Blind
A department or agency of the state of Colorado shall not construct, acquire by ownership, rent, lease, or other means, or undertake to substantially alter or renovate, in whole or in part, a building unless, after consultation with the department of labor and employment, it is determined that the building will include a satisfactory site […]
§ 8-84-205. Vending Machines – Income
One hundred percent of all commission income from vending machines on state property accrues to the department of labor and employment, which shall disburse the income in accordance with the rules of the department. The office of state planning and budgeting shall notify the department of the location of all vending machines on state property, […]
§ 8-84-206. Cooperation – Locations – Rules
The heads of all state departments and agencies shall negotiate and cooperate in good faith to accomplish the purposes of this article relating to vending facilities and other businesses operated by persons who are blind. If the department determines that the operation of a vending facility or other business on state property by a person […]
§ 8-84-207. Status of Existing Contracts
This part 2 does not extend to existing contracts until the expiration of those contracts. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 487, § 2, effective July 1, 2016. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 26-8.5-106 as it existed prior to 2016.