Texas Labor Code Title 4, Chapter 355 - Vending Facilities Operated By Blind Persons

• Texas Section 355.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Blind person" means a person having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or visual...
• Texas Section 355.002 - License Or Permit Required
  (a) No person may operate a vending facility or a facility with vending machines or other coin-operated devices on state property unless the person is...
• Texas Section 355.003 - Licensing Procedure
  (a) On its own initiative or at the request of an agency that controls state property, the commission shall survey the property, or blueprints and...
• Texas Section 355.004 - Location Of Vending Facilities
  (a) With the concurrence of the agency in charge of state property, the commission shall designate the location of vending facilities that have been requested...
• Texas Section 355.005 - Issuance Of Licenses; Eligibility
  (a) The commission may issue a license to operate its vending facilities on state property to blind citizens of the state who are capable of...
• Texas Section 355.006 - Expiration, Renewal, And Revocation Of Licenses
  (a) A license or general permit to operate a vending facility on state property is valid for a period of three years from the date...
• Texas Section 355.007 - Operation Of Vending Facilities By Certain Persons Who Are Not Blind
  If the commission determines that a blind person could not properly operate a vending facility at a particular location, the commission may survey the property...
• Texas Section 355.008 - Closing Certain Facilities Prohibited
  Neither a vending facility operated by an individual with a disability, nor a vending facility location surveyed by the commission, may be closed as a...
• Texas Section 355.009 - Employment Of Assistants
  (a) If an individual licensed to operate a vending facility on state property requires an assistant, a qualified person with a disability of a visual...
• Texas Section 355.010 - Competing Vending Machines
  (a) If the commission and an agency agree to the installation and operation of an additional vending facility or vending machine on property that already...
• Texas Section 355.011 - Vending Facility Equipment And Stock
  (a) The commission may supply a blind vending facility operator with equipment and initial stock necessary for the operator to begin business. (b) The commission...
• Texas Section 355.012 - Duties And Privileges Of Parties
  (a) The commission may promulgate rules and initiate procedures necessary to implement this chapter. (b) A blind person licensed to operate a vending facility on...
• Texas Section 355.013 - Training Programs
  The commission may establish training or experimentation locations necessary to train blind persons who desire to be licensed to operate vending facilities and to develop...
• Texas Section 355.014 - Conformity With Federal Statutes
  (a) This chapter shall be construed in a manner consistent with the requirements of federal programs that provide financial assistance to the commission. (b) If...
• Texas Section 355.015 - Application Of Chapter
  (a) This chapter does not apply to: (1) property over which the federal government maintains partial or complete control; (2) property maintained and operated by...
• Texas Section 355.016 - Business Enterprises Program
  (a) The commission is authorized to administer the Business Enterprises Program in accordance with the provisions of the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 U.S.C. Section 107 et...

Last modified: September 28, 2016