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OR Rev Stat § 346.315 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.315 - Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund.

(1) The Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund shall be credited to the Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund. (2) Moneys in the Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the purposes of: (a) Assisting students who are blind or visually impaired in receiving appropriate resources and services, including educational services, in the communities where the students reside; (b) Supplementing funds available to regional programs authorized under ORS 343.236 (1)(a)(A) and (C) to ensure access to the expanded core curriculum for students who are blind or visually impaired; (c) Coordinating professional development of persons who provide educational services to students who are blind or visually impaired; (d) Providing technical assistance for the purpose of providing educational services to students who are blind or visually impaired; and (e) Coordinating activities for the benefit of students who are blind or visually impaired. (3) When determining the manner in which to spend the moneys in the Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund, the Department of Education shall ensure that the moneys are used in addition to any other available moneys and do not supplant moneys available from any other source. [2009 c.562 §7; 2009 c.562 §8; 2010 c.54 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 346.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.510 - Definitions for ORS 346.510 to 346.570.

As used in ORS 346.510 to 346.570: (1) "Cafeteria" means a food-dispensing facility: (a) That can provide a variety of prepared foods and beverages; (b) Where a patron may move through a self-service line; (c) That may employ some servers to wait on patrons; and (d) That provides seating suitable for patrons to consume meals. (2) "Healthy vending item" and "local vending item" have the meanings given those terms by rules adopted by the Commission for the Blind in consultation with the Public Health Director and the business enterprise consumer committee. (3) "Person who is blind" means a person who has not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with best correction or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200, is accompanied by a limit to the field of vision to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than 20 degrees and whose blindness is certified by a licensed physician who specializes in diseases of the eye. (4) "Political subdivision" means a local government as defined in ORS 174.116, a municipality, town or village of this state. (5) "Public building" or "property" means a building, land or other real property, or a portion of a building, land or other real property, that is occupied by a department or an agency of the State of Oregon or by a political subdivision, except for a public elementary school, a secondary school, a public university listed in ORS 352.002 or a public corporation created pursuant to ORS 353.020. (6) "Vending facility" means: (a) Shelters, counters, shelving, display and wall cases, refrigerating apparatus and other appropriate auxiliary equipment that are necessary or customarily used for the vending of articles, including an established mix of healthy vending items approved by the Commission for the Blind and the agency, department or political subdivision charged with maintaining the public building or property where the vending facility is located; (b) Vending machines; or (c) Cafeterias or snack bars for the dispensing of foodstuffs and beverages. (7) "Vending facility manager" means a person who is: (a) Blind; (b) Responsible for the day-to-day conduct of the vending facility operation; and (c) Licensed under ORS 346.510 to 346.570. (8) "Vending machine" means a manual or coin-operated machine or a similar device used for vending articles, including machines or devices that accept electronic payment. (9) "Visitor venue" means a public building or property that is operated by a political subdivision of this state and that is: (a) A convention, event or exposition center; (b) A zoo; (c) A performing arts center; (d) A museum; (e) A golf course; (f) A facility primarily used for sporting events; or (g) A commercial airport owned and operated by a city, a county or a port district organized under ORS chapter 778. [1957 c.295 §2; 1975 c.638 §7; 2007 c.70 §131; 2017 c.717 §12; 2019 c.505 §1; 2021 c.630 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 346.520 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.520 - Persons who are blind to have priorities and preferences to operate vending facilities in public buildings or on public property; charges prohibited; exception.

(1) For purposes of providing persons who are blind with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of persons who are blind and stimulating persons who are blind to greater efforts to make themselves self-supporting with independent livelihoods, persons who are blind and who are licensed under ORS 346.510 to 346.570 by the Commission for the Blind have the priorities and preferences described in ORS 346.510 to 346.570 when, in the discretion of the agency, department or political subdivision in charge of the maintenance of the public buildings or properties, vending facilities may properly and satisfactorily operate. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 276.385, the agency, department or political subdivision charged with maintaining a public building or property where a vending facility is operated under ORS 346.525 (1) may not: (a) Charge the commission or persons who are blind and who are licensed under the provisions of ORS 346.510 to 346.570 any amount for: (A) Rental of the space where the vending facility is operated; (B) Utility costs incurred in the operation of the vending facility; or (C) The priority, right, permit, license or lease to operate a vending facility in or on the public building or property. (b) Require that the commission or the vending facility manager pay to the agency, department or political subdivision any portion of a commission, gratuity or revenue earned by the vending facility manager from the operation of the vending facility. (3) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply to charges imposed by the Department of Transportation or the Travel Information Council. Subject to the availability of funds, the department and the council may refrain from charging any amount for rental of space or utility costs described in subsection (2) of this section. [1957 c.295 §1; 1975 c.638 §8; 2003 c.268 §1; 2007 c.70 §132; 2017 c.717 §13; 2019 c.505 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 346.525 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.525 - Priorities and preferences for persons who are blind to operate vending facilities in public buildings.

(1) The state shall grant to persons who are blind a priority to: (a) Operate vending facilities in public buildings in this state, unless the vending facilities are: (A) Cafeterias; or (B) Located at a community college or at a visitor venue. (b) Operate vending machines located at visitor venues. (2) The state shall grant to persons who are blind a preference to: (a) Operate cafeterias in public buildings in this state, except for cafeterias located at visitor venues. (b) Operate vending facilities located at community colleges. (3) If a state agency, department or political subdivision constructs a new public building or facility, modifies an existing public building or facility, enters into or modifies a contract for, or otherwise seeks to procure, products or services that are customarily provided by the business enterprise program of the Commission for the Blind, including the operation of vending facilities, the agency, department or political subdivision complies with: (a) Subsection (1) of this section if the agency, department or political subdivision: (A) Notifies the commission of the intended action and allows the commission to determine whether a vending facility manager licensed under ORS 346.510 to 346.570 is able to provide the product or service; (B) Offers to the commission a right of first refusal; (C) Does not charge the commission or vending facility manager any amount prohibited under ORS 346.520 (2); and (D) Procures the vending service from the commission if the service: (i) Is offered by the commission or by persons with visual impairments under the direction and supervision of the commission; and (ii) Meets the requirements of the agency, department or political subdivision for quality and quantity of foodstuffs and beverages available through the vending facility. (b) Subsection (2) of this section if the agency, department or political subdivision: (A) Notifies the commission of the intended action and allows the commission to determine whether a vending facility manager licensed under ORS 346.510 to 346.570 is able to provide the product or service; and (B) Procures the vending service from the commission if the service: (i) Is offered by the commission or by persons with visual impairments under the direction and supervision of the commission; (ii) Meets the requirements of the agency, department or political subdivision for quality and quantity of foodstuffs and beverages available through the vending facility; and (iii) Is offered in a bid that is equal to any other bids submitted. [2017 c.717 §10; 2019 c.505 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 346.530 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.530 - Notice to commission on vending facilities locations; notification of reason for refusal of commission offer.

(1) Each agency, department or political subdivision charged with maintaining public buildings or properties shall: (a) Annually notify the Commission for the Blind in writing of any and all existing locations where vending facilities are in operation or where vending facilities might properly and satisfactorily be operated. (b) Not less than 30 days prior to the reactivation, leasing, re-leasing, licensing or issuance of a permit for operation of any vending facility, inform the commission of the pending action. (c) Inform the commission of any locations where vending facilities are planned or might properly and satisfactorily be operated in or about other public buildings or properties that are or may be under the jurisdiction of the agency, department or political subdivision for maintenance. (2) If the commission offers to operate a vending facility under this section and the offer is not accepted for reasons other than the decision not to have a vending facility on the premises, the agency, department or political subdivision shall notify the commission in writing of the reasons for refusing the commission’s offer. The agency, department or political subdivision shall offer the commission an opportunity to resolve the concerns raised in the written notice. (3) Any contract or agreement between the commission and an agency, department or political subdivision relating to the operation of a vending facility entered into subsequent to July 1, 1975, that is not in compliance with or that is in violation of ORS 346.510 to 346.570, is null and void. [1957 c.295 §3; 1965 c.471 §1; 1975 c.638 §9; 2017 c.717 §14; 2019 c.505 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 346.540 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.540 - Duties of commission with respect to operation of vending facilities; report; rules.

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall: (a) As the commission determines is necessary, survey public buildings or properties to determine the suitability of the public buildings or properties as locations for vending facilities to be operated by persons who are blind and advise the agencies, departments or political subdivisions charged with maintaining the public buildings or properties of the commission’s findings. (b) With the consent of the agency, department or political subdivision charged with maintaining the buildings or properties, establish vending facilities in those locations that the commission determines are suitable and enter into agreements to operate the vending facilities. (c) Recruit, select, train, license and install qualified persons who are blind as managers of vending facilities in public buildings or properties. (d) Adopt rules as necessary to ensure the proper and satisfactory operation of vending facilities and for the benefit of vending facility managers. (e) Provide for the continued operation of established vending facilities if a qualified person who is blind is not available until a qualified person who is blind is available for assignment as manager. (f) Not later than January 15 of each year, submit an annual report on the performance of the commission’s business enterprise program to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health and human services. The commission shall include with the report the results of any surveys made under paragraph (a) of this subsection that were conducted since the submission of the previous year’s report, and any refusals from agencies, departments or political subdivisions to operate vending facilities in public buildings or properties. (2) The commission may enter into agreements in compliance with ORS chapter 190 to operate vending facilities located in public buildings or on public properties described in subsection (1)(b) of this section. (3) If the agency, department or political subdivision charged with maintaining public buildings or properties does not consent to the establishment of vending facilities in locations in the public building or on the public property that the commission determines are suitable, the agency, department or political subdivision shall inform the commission in writing of the reasons why consent is not given. [1957 c.295 §4; 1965 c.471 §2; 1975 c.638 §10; 1981 c.271 §2; 1989 c.966 §30; 2007 c.70 §133; 2017 c.717 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 346.543 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.543 - Aid by commission to persons with visual impairments to enable operation of vending facility.

(1) The Commission for the Blind may, in the discretion of the commission or if requested by a vending facility manager licensed under ORS 346.510 to 346.570, aid persons with visual impairments by supplying to a person with a visual impairment materials, equipment or machinery, or by allowing the manager to subcontract with a third party to obtain materials, equipment or machinery, in order to enable the operation of a vending facility. (2) The commission may transfer to the person with a visual impairment ownership of any materials, equipment or machinery owned by the commission and supplied to the person. [2017 c.717 §9] Note: 346.543 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 346 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 346.546 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.546 - Active participation by business enterprise consumer committee.

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall ensure the active participation of the commission’s business enterprise consumer committee in the commission’s major administrative, policy and program development decisions that impact the commission’s business enterprise program. (2) The commission shall provide relevant data and information to the committee in a timely manner in order to effectuate the committee’s active participation. (3) The commission has final authority and responsibility for the administration and operation of the business enterprise program. (4) If the commission does not follow a recommendation of the committee regarding a matter on which the committee actively participates, the commission shall provide to the committee a written explanation as to the reason the committee’s recommendation was not followed. [2017 c.717 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 346.550 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.550 - Commodities and articles that may be sold at vending facilities.

A vending facility operated under the provisions of ORS 346.510 to 346.570 must be used solely for the vending of commodities and articles approved by the Commission for the Blind and by the state agency, department or political subdivision charged with maintaining the public building or property in or on which the vending facility is operated. [1957 c.295 §5; 1975 c.638 §11; 2017 c.717 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 346.556 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.556 - Vending facility manager statement of full-time employment; rules.

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall adopt by rule a vending facility manager statement of full-time employment with which a vending facility manager shall comply. The statement must describe the responsibilities of a vending facility manager, including, but not limited to, responsibilities regarding: (a) Weekly contact requirements with employees or subcontractors of the manager; (b) Vending facility inspections; and (c) The development and maintenance of work logs. (2) The commission shall include the active participation, as described in ORS 346.546, of the commission’s business enterprise consumer committee, in developing the statement described in this section. [2017 c.717 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 346.560 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.560 - Manager subject to applicable policies, rules, laws and ordinances.

The vending facility manager of each vending facility operated under ORS 346.510 to 346.570 is subject to the provisions of any policies, rules, laws and ordinances that apply within the territory where the vending facility is located, including any laws and ordinances that require a license or permit for the conduct of any aspect of the operation of the vending facility. [1957 c.295 §6; 1975 c.638 §12; 2017 c.717 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 346.563 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.563 - Winding down operations of vending facility by spouse or domestic partner.

The surviving spouse or domestic partner of a vending facility manager who is deceased or who becomes incapacitated by a physical or mental illness may continue to operate the vending facility formerly operated by the original vending facility manager for up to six months after the date of death or incapacitation, or until the date on which the operating agreement expires, whichever is sooner, for the purpose of winding down the operations of the vending facility. [2017 c.717 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 346.565 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.565 - Participation in state health benefit plan and deferred compensation plan.

(1) A business enterprise manager who is blind, as described under ORS 346.510 to 346.570, or a person who is blind who is an employee of a private nonprofit Oregon corporation established and authorized by the Commission for the Blind to provide employment to persons who are blind may participate in a health benefit plan available to state employees pursuant to ORS 243.105 to 243.285 at the expense of the manager or employee. (2) A business enterprise manager who is blind, as described under ORS 346.510 to 346.570, may participate in state deferred compensation plan established under ORS 243.401 to 243.507, contingent on participation not affecting the tax exempt status of other contributions to the deferred compensation plan. (3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, such managers and employees shall be considered eligible state employees. [1991 c.577 §2; 1997 c.179 §28; 1997 c.222 §51; 2007 c.70 §134]
OR Rev Stat § 346.567 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.567 - Collection of percentage of net proceeds of operation of vending facilities; rules.

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall collect a percentage of net proceeds earned by a vending facility. The moneys collected under this section shall be deposited into the fund established under ORS 346.569. (2) The commission shall determine by rule, and shall state in an agreement with a vending facility manager, the percentage of net proceeds to be collected under this section. [2017 c.717 §3; 2017 c.717 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 346.569 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.569 - Fund from net proceeds of operation of vending facilities; disbursements; report.

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall establish in the State Treasury a fund from the net proceeds of the operation of vending facilities. Moneys deposited into the fund, including the interest earned, shall be credited to a special checking account, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Disbursement from the account may be made by check signed by the person designated by the commission. Interest earned by the account shall be credited to the account. (2) Moneys in the fund shall be used for the purposes of, and are continuously appropriated to the commission for: (a) Maintaining and replacing equipment; (b) Purchasing new equipment; (c) Management services, including but not limited to management training services; (d) Ensuring a fair minimum of return to vending facility managers; and (e) Retirement or pension funds, health insurance contributions and, if determined by a vote of vending facility managers, paid sick leave and vacation time. (3) The commission shall provide to the Governor and to vending facility managers quarterly reports of the account established under this section. [2017 c.717 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 346.570 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.570 - Rights of persons operating vending facilities prior to August 20, 1957.

(1) Those individuals who are operating vending facilities in public buildings or on public properties, as defined in ORS 346.510 prior to August 20, 1957, shall not be affected by ORS 346.510 to 346.570, except and only insofar as provided in ORS 346.530 (2). (2) Any person who is blind and who is presently operating a vending facility in or on public buildings or properties and who desires to make use of the advantages of the program authorized by ORS 346.510 to 346.570 shall have the right to do so; and, in such instance, the Commission for the Blind may negotiate and consummate arrangements for the purchase of such vending facility equipment as it may deem necessary for the satisfactory operation of the vending facility. [1957 c.295 §7; 1975 c.638 §13; 1987 c.158 §61; 2007 c.70 §135]
OR Rev Stat § 346.687 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf|Section 346.687

[1993 c.312 §2; 1995 c.618 §68; 2007 c.70 §144; 2013 c.530 §7; renumbered 659A.141 in 2013]