Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-12 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-12
Duty of drivers of vehicles
Status: in_force

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 wearing a specialized harness, or who is wholly or

partially deaf and is using a signal dog wearing an orange

identifying collar, or who is physically handicapped and is using a

service dog, shall immediately come to a full stop and take such

precautions before proceeding as may be necessary to avoid accident

or injury to the person wholly or partially blind, deaf or

physically handicapped. For purposes of this section, a "dog guide"

means any dog that is specially trained to guide a blind person.
Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-19.2 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-19.2
Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person, or persons, firm, association, or corporation, or

the agent of any person, firm, association, or corporation, who

shall violate the provisions of Section 19.1 of this title shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-16 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-16
Earned income defined - Deductions in determining
Status: in_force

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, or commission paid to the applicant or

recipient, and all net income from a business or profession owned or

practiced by the applicant or recipient. In computing net income,

the following deductions shall be made from the gross income of the

applicant or recipient from salaries, wages, commission, sales, and

fees: (1) expenses of all transportation incident to employment,

unless such expenses are reimbursed by the employer; (2) cost of

meals and lodging while away from home on business incident to

employment, unless such expense is reimbursed by the employer; (3)

dues to trade or professional organizations; (4) cost of merchandise

sold in carrying on business; (5) salaries, wages, commissions, and

fees paid by the applicant or recipient in carrying on his business

or profession; (6) interest on indebtedness incurred in carrying on

business or profession; (7) taxes on property used in business or

profession; (8) cost of repairs, rent, and service charges on

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property used in business or profession; (9) allowance for

depreciation of property used in business or profession; (10) cost

of telephone service used in business or profession; (11) cost of

supplies used in business or profession; (12) bad debts resulting

from sales of merchandise or equipment used in business or

profession.
Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-13 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-13
Penalty
Status: in_force

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 punished by imprisonment in the

county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or by fine not exceeding

One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-75 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-75
Payments into set-aside fund - Reimbursement for initial
Status: in_force

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 of the operator to pay. The amount shall be on a

sliding scale of zero percent (0%) to not more than twelve percent

(12%) of the net proceeds of the vending facility during any one (1)

month, and shall be paid to the Department.

B. Any operator who is furnished an initial stock of

merchandise by the Department shall be required to reimburse the

Department for all amounts so expended. Such reimbursement shall be

payable in monthly installments of not less than two percent (2%)

nor more than five percent (5%) of the gross sales of the vending

facility during any one (1) month, until all amounts expended by the

Department for such purpose are repaid in full.
Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-78 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-78
State Committee of Blind Vendors
Status: in_force

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

program on the basis of such factors as geography and the vending

facility type with a goal of providing for proportional

representation of vendors who are blind on federal property and

vendors who are blind on other property. The Committee shall have

the responsibility of participation with the Department in major

administrative decisions and policy and program development

decisions affecting the overall administration of the state's

vending facility program, receiving and transmitting to the

Department grievances at the request of vendors who are blind, and

serve as advocates for vendors in connection with such grievances.

The Committee shall actively participate in the development and

administration of a transfer and promotion system for licensees who

are blind, and for their training and retraining.
Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-71 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-71
Activities to promote business opportunities - Vending
Status: in_force

facilities - Gambling.

A. For purposes of assisting blind persons to become self-

supporting, the State Department of Rehabilitation Services is

hereby authorized to carry on activities to promote business

opportunities for individuals who are blind, including, but not

limited to, the licensing and establishment of such persons as

operators of vending facilities in public and other buildings.

Facilities shall maximize job opportunities for other persons who

are blind.

B. The Department shall be the sole state licensing agency for

the purpose of implementing and carrying out the provisions of the

Act of Congress known as the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 USCA Sections

107-107f), and amendments thereto, providing for the licensing of

individuals who are blind to operate vending facilities in federal

buildings, or any other Acts of Congress which may be hereafter

enacted. Provided, that no game of chance or gambling machine shall

be operated. The Division of Services for the Blind and Visually

Impaired of the Department shall administer this program.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-11 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-11
Blind persons; canes, color
Status: in_force

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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-73 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-73
Operation of vending facilities on state or county property
Status: in_force

- 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 whole or in part, to give priority to vending facilities operated

by licensed blind operators and established by the State Department

of Rehabilitation Services. Governing boards shall observe such

priority by entering into an agreement with the Department.

Operators shall be licensed by the Department.

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B. Governing boards shall make available free of any charge,

fee, assessment or commission on sales adequate space with

sufficient electrical, plumbing, heating and ventilation outlets for

the operation of a vending facility on satisfactory sites.

Governing boards shall provide free of any charge, fee, assessment

or commission on sales the use of utilities needed to operate a

vending facility.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the

operation of fairgrounds, exposition centers, trade/consumer show

facilities, pari-mutuel horse racing facilities as licensed by the

Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, parks, golf courses, hospitals

operated by county trust authorities, commissaries for the benefit

of persons lawfully confined in the county jail under the custody of

the county sheriff or the State Capitol Building and grounds;

provided, that vending machines within the State Capitol Building

shall be subject to the provisions of subsections A and B of this

section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-72 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-72
Definitions
Status: in_force

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 automatically or manually and

prepared on or off the premises in accordance with all applicable

health laws;

2. "Net proceeds" means the amount remaining from the sale of

articles or services of vending facilities, and any vending machine

or other income accruing to blind vendors after deducting the cost

of such sale and other expenses, excluding set-aside charges

required to be paid by such vendors;

3. "Blind person" means a person having a visual acuity not to

exceed 20/200 in the better eye, with correcting lenses, or visual

acuity greater than 20/200 but with limitation in the field of

vision such that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an

angle no greater than twenty degrees (20°); and

4. "Satisfactory site" means an area fully accessible to

vending facility patrons, with sufficient electrical, plumbing,

heating, and ventilation outlets for the location and operation of a

vending facility in accordance with applicable health laws and

building codes, to contain space necessary for proper vending

facility service.
Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-22 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-22
Adult Blind Market Revolving Fund - Use - Expenditures
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

to be known as the Adult Blind Market Revolving Fund of the Oklahoma

Public Welfare Commission to be administered by and under the

direction of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission. Said fund

shall consist of all appropriations made for such purpose and all

net earnings or profits derived from its use as authorized by law.

Said fund shall be used for the purpose of creating, establishing

and maintaining a market for the product of blind workers of

Oklahoma and may be used to purchase such products for resale, and

for no other purpose. Expenditures from said fund shall be made

upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims submitted

to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-19.1 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-19.1
Public conveyances and public accommodations - Guide,
Status: in_force

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, or service dogs shall be entitled

to have with him or her a guide, signal, or service dog specially

trained or being trained for that purpose, without being required to

pay an additional charge therefor, but shall be liable as hereafter

set forth in subsection B of this section.

B. A blind, physically handicapped, deaf or hard-of-hearing

person and his or her guide, signal, or service dog or a dog trainer

from a recognized training center in the act of training guide,

signal, or service dogs shall not be denied admittance to or refused

access to any of the following because of such dog: Any street,

highway, sidewalk, walkway, any common carrier, airplane, motor

vehicle, railroad train, motor bus, streetcar, boat, or any other

public conveyance or mode of transportation, hotel, motel, or other

place of lodging, public building maintained by any unit or

subdivision of government, building to which the general public is

invited, college dormitory and other educational facility,

restaurant or other place where food is offered for sale to the

public, or any other place of public accommodation, amusement,

convenience, or resort to which the general public or any

classification of persons from the general public is regularly,

normally, or customarily invited within the State of Oklahoma. Such

blind, physically handicapped, deaf or hard-of-hearing person or dog

trainer from a recognized training center in the act of training

guide, signal, or service dogs shall not be required to pay any

additional charges for his or her guide, signal, or service dog, but

shall be liable for any damage done to the premises by such dog.

C. A dog used by a deaf or hard-of-hearing person shall be

required to wear an orange identifying collar.

D. For the purposes of this section and Section 113.1 of Title

41 of the Oklahoma Statutes:

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1. "Physically handicapped person" means any person who has a

physical impairment which severely and permanently restricts

mobility of two or more extremities, or who is so severely disabled

as to be unable to move without the aid of a wheelchair;

2. "Service dog" means any dog individually trained to the

physically handicapped person's requirements; and

3. "Signal dog" means any dog trained to alert a deaf or hard-

of-hearing person to intruders or sounds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-15 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-15
Earned income disregarded in determining need of assistance
Status: in_force

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 the applicant or

recipient; and

3. Not be deducted from the amount of assistance which any

applicant or recipient otherwise would receive.
Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-8 — OK Code / Title 7 / Section 7-8
Special library services to blind and physically handicapped
Status: in_force

persons.

A. The state plan for library services shall be amended in

accordance with the Federal Library Services and Construction Act

and applicable regulations to reflect the authority and duty of the

Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the

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State Department of Rehabilitation Services to provide special

library services, including braille and recorded books, to blind and

visually handicapped persons as provided by state law.

B. Special library services for blind and physically

handicapped adults, children, and students shall be provided by the

Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the

Department in accordance with the Federal Library Services and

Construction Act, as amended, and applicable federal regulations

relating thereto; and consistent with applicable statutes and

regulations. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services shall,

within the availability of state funds, annually make available for

such special library services sufficient funds to earn the maximum

available federal funds under the Federal Library Services and

Construction Act and appropriations made in pursuance thereof by

Congress.

C. All federal requirements for interlibrary cooperation and

consultation shall be observed and entitlement of the Department of

Libraries to receive federal funds for library services or

construction shall not be impaired by any state law prescribing the

duties, responsibilities and functions of the Division of Services

for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the Department.