(1) For the purposes of providing persons who are blind with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of those persons and stimulating them to greater efforts to make themselves self-supporting with independent livelihoods, persons who are blind and who are 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 may not charge the Commission for the Blind 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 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. [1957 c.295 §1; 1975 c.638 §8; 2003 c.268 §1; 2007 c.70 §132]
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