Chapter 268 Oregon Laws 2003

AN ACT

SB 161

Relating to vending facilities on public property; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 346.520.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 346.520 is amended to read:

346.520. (1) For the purposes of providing blind persons with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of blind persons and stimulating blind persons to greater efforts to make themselves self-supporting with independent livelihoods, blind persons licensed under the provisions of ORS 346.510 to 346.570 by the Commission for the Blind, as set forth in ORS 346.510 to 346.570, shall operate vending facilities in or on any public buildings or properties where, in the discretion of the head of the department or agency in charge of the maintenance of such buildings or properties, such vending facilities may properly and satisfactorily operate.

(2) Notwithstanding ORS 276.385, the department or agency in charge of the maintenance of a public building or property in or on which a vending facility is operated under ORS 346.510 to 346.570 shall not charge the Commission for the Blind or blind persons licensed under the provisions of ORS 346.510 to 346.570 any amount for:

(a) Rental of the space in or on which the vending facility is operated; or

(b) Utility costs incurred in the operation of the vending facility.

(3) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply to charges imposed by the Department of Transportation. Subject to the availability of funds, the department may refrain from charging any amount for rental of space or utility costs described in subsection (2) of this section.

SECTION 2. The amendments to ORS 346.520 by section 1 of this 2003 Act apply to vending facilities established under ORS 346.510 to 346.570 prior to, on or after the effective date of this 2003 Act.

Approved by the Governor June 10, 2003

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 11, 2003

Effective date January 1, 2004

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