§7-72. Definitions.
For purposes of Chapter 4 of this title: 1. “Vending facility” means automatic vending machines, cafeterias, snackbars, cart service, shelters, counters, and such other appropriate auxiliary equipment which may be operated by blind licensees and which is necessary for the sale of newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, food, beverages, and other articles or services dispensed […]
§7-73. Operation of vending facilities on state or county property – License – Free space – Exceptions.
A. It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of each county and the governing boards of all state institutions, state agencies and state or county public trust authorities, with regard to the premises of county or state property under their respective jurisdictions or the premises of property leased by them in […]
§7-75. Payments into set-aside fund – Reimbursement for initial stock of merchandise.
A. Every vending facility operator shall be required to pay monthly into the set-aside fund as provided for in the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 U.S.C., Section 107.b(3)). The Department is hereby authorized to fix the amount to be paid by such operator, which amount shall be based upon the performance of the facility and the ability […]
§7-78. State Committee of Blind Vendors.
There is hereby created a committee of five (5) vendors who are blind to be known as the State Committee of Blind Vendors. The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall provide for the biennial election of the Committee which, to the extent possible, shall be fully representative of all vendors who are blind in the state […]
§7-11. Blind persons; canes, color.
No person, except those wholly or partially blind, shall carry or use on any street, highway, or in any other public place a cane or walking stick which is white in color, or white tipped with red. Laws 1949, p. 47, § 1.
§7-12. Duty of drivers of vehicles.
Any driver of a vehicle who knowingly approaches within fifteen (15) feet of a person who is in the roadway or at an intersection and who is wholly or partially blind and who is carrying a cane or walking stick white in color, or white tipped with red, or who is using a dog guide […]
§7-13. Penalty.
Any person, other than a person wholly or partially blind, who shall carry a cane or walking stick such as is described in this act, contrary to the provisions of this act, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be […]
§7-15. Earned income disregarded in determining need of assistance.
The first Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month of earned income of a blind applicant for or recipient of assistance pursuant to the laws of this state administered by the Department of Human Services shall: 1. Not be deemed income or resources of such applicant or recipient; 2. Be disregarded in determining the need of […]
§7-16. Earned income defined – Deductions in determining.
Earned income of a blind applicant for or recipient of assistance, for the purposes of this act, shall be net remuneration for employment or self-employment of the applicant or recipient, including the cash value of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash. Such earned income shall include all net income from salaries, wages, […]
§7-19.1. Public conveyances and public accommodations – Guide, signal, or service dogs – Identification of dog – Definitions.
A. Any blind, physically handicapped, deaf or hard-of-hearing person who is a passenger on any common carrier, airplane, motor vehicle, railroad train, motorbus, streetcar, boat, or any other public conveyance or mode of transportation operating within this state or any dog trainer from a recognized training center when in the act of training guide, signal, […]