It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state and the purposes of this article to provide blind and severely disabled persons with the maximum opportunities for remunerative employment and for training for such employment; to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind and severely disabled; and to stimulate them to greater effort […]
For the purpose of this article: (a) "Active participation" means an ongoing process of negotiations between the division of vocational rehabilitation and the committee of blind vendors to achieve joint planning of policies, procedures and standards affecting the overall operation of the "food services facilities program" prior to their implementation by the division of vocational […]
(a) If a governmental agency proposes operating in a public office building a food service facility, whether such operation be of a food service facility in existence on the effective date of this article or be one thereafter to be instituted, the governmental agency, before continuing such existing operation beyond the period of six months […]
The division of vocational rehabilitation shall issue a license for the operation of a food service facility to any blind person who qualifies for a license in accordance with the criteria which has been established by the division of vocational rehabilitation and the committee of blind vendors. In issuing any license, the division of vocational […]
(a) If an existing or a new vending machine or a replacement for an existing vending machine is installed after the effective date of the amendments to this article on any public property, vending machine income shall accrue to the licensed blind person operating the food service facility on the same property or, if none, […]
There is created in the State Treasury a special revenue fund to be known as the "Rehabilitation Services Vending Program Fund." The fund shall operate as a special revenue fund whereby all deposits and payments thereto do not expire to the General Revenue Fund, but shall remain in the fund and be available for expenditure […]
(a) Any blind person aggrieved by a decision of the division of vocational rehabilitation under this article may apply for an administrative review or a full evidentiary hearing to be conducted in accordance with the procedures established and approved by the division of vocational rehabilitation and the committee of blind vendors. (b) The division of […]
(a) The division of vocational rehabilitation shall provide for the establishment and operation, including the payment of all reasonable expenses, of a committee of blind vendors to be elected biennially by the licensed blind vendors. Members of the committee of blind vendors shall be elected by secret ballot and the division of vocational rehabilitation in […]
