72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 545
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 161
                Ordered by the Senate February 24
          Including Senate Amendments dated February 24
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for the Commission for the Blind)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Prohibits state agencies  { + other than Department of
Transportation + } from charging Commission for the Blind for
costs of rent or utilities for vending facilities operated by
commission.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
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. + }
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