CHAPTER 5. BLIND VENDING SERVICES

IC 12-12-5
    Chapter 5. Blind Vending Services

IC 12-12-5-1
Vending opportunities within exclusive right of bureau; purpose
    Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, the bureauis given sole vending opportunities in buildings owned, leased inwhole, or operated by:
        (1) the state;
        (2) a county;
        (3) a township;
        (4) a city; or
        (5) a town;
for purposes of providing blind individuals with remunerativeemployment and enlarging the economic opportunities of the blind.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6.

IC 12-12-5-2
Articles to be sold; location and type of vending facility
    Sec. 2. (a) Vending facilities shall be established for the purposeof selling newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products,food, beverages, and other articles approved for sale by the bureauand the custodial authority of the building.
    (b) The location and type of vending facility shall be determinedby the bureau in cooperation with the custodial authority of thebuilding in which the vending facility will be operated.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6.

IC 12-12-5-3
Relinquishment of exclusive right; conditions
    Sec. 3. The bureau shall relinquish the bureau's exclusive rightunder section 1 of this chapter to operate vending services in abuilding if either of the following apply:
        (1) A blind vendor is not available to provide vending servicesin a particular building.
        (2) The custodial authority of the building shows to thesatisfaction of the bureau that good cause exists for not grantingthe bureau the exclusive right to operate vending services in thebuilding and the custodial authority files with the bureau asigned affidavit to that effect.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6.

IC 12-12-5-4
Vending services contracts entered into following relinquishmentby bureau of exclusive right
    Sec. 4. If the bureau relinquishes the bureau's exclusive right tooperate vending services under section 3 of this chapter, the custodialauthority of the building may enter into a contract with a person forthe provision of vending services in the building. A contract enteredinto under this section may not exceed two (2) years.As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6.

IC 12-12-5-5
Vending services contracts entered into following relinquishmentof exclusive right; notice to bureau
    Sec. 5. The custodial authority of a building shall notify thebureau before entering into or renewing a contract to operate vendingservices in the building with a person other than the bureau.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6.

IC 12-12-5-6
Placement at new vending facility; operator already operatinganother facility
    Sec. 6. In placing blind vendors at vending facilities under thissection, the bureau may not place at a new vending facility a blindvendor who is already operating a vending facility unless theplacement of the vendor at the new vending facility would leave avacant vending facility that could be:
        (1) immediately filled by another blind vendor;
        (2) transferred to the custodial authority under section 3 of thischapter; or
        (3) closed due to insufficient income producing potential.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6.

IC 12-12-5-7
Duty of bureau to seek out vending opportunities
    Sec. 7. The bureau shall seek out vending opportunities for blindindividuals in public and private buildings.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6.

IC 12-12-5-8
Issuance of licenses; vending facilities in privately owned buildingsand buildings owned or leased by the federal government
    Sec. 8. The division may do the following:
        (1) Issue licenses to blind individuals to operate vending standsunder applicable federal and state laws.
        (2) Establish and operate vending facilities for the placement ofblind individuals in buildings owned or leased by the federalgovernment.
        (3) Establish and operate vending facilities in privately ownedbuildings.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6.

IC 12-12-5-9
Training of vending facility operators; use of state, local, andfederal money
    Sec. 9. Training of vending facility operators under this chaptermay be paid from state, local, or federal money.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6.
IC 12-12-5-10
Annual report
    Sec. 10. (a) Before December 1 of each year, the bureau shallsubmit to the legislative services agency a report in an electronicformat under IC 5-14-6 detailing the number of blind vendors placedby the bureau in public and private buildings under this chapter.
    (b) The legislative services agency shall submit copies of thereport to the chairs of the health committees of the senate and thehouse of representatives.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.28-2004, SEC.96.