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 bureau
is given sole vending opportunities in buildings owned, leased in
whole, 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 remunerative
employment 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 purpose
of selling newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products,
food, beverages, and other articles approved for sale by the bureau
and the custodial authority of the building.
(b) The location and type of vending facility shall be determined
by the bureau in cooperation with the custodial authority of the
building 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 right
under section 1 of this chapter to operate vending services in a
building if either of the following apply:
(1) A blind vendor is not available to provide vending services
in a particular building.
(2) The custodial authority of the building shows to the
satisfaction of the bureau that good cause exists for not granting
the bureau the exclusive right to operate vending services in the
building and the custodial authority files with the bureau a
signed affidavit to that effect.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6.
IC 12-12-5-4
Vending services contracts entered into following relinquishment
by bureau of exclusive right
Sec. 4. If the bureau relinquishes the bureau's exclusive right to
operate vending services under section 3 of this chapter, the custodial
authority of the building may enter into a contract with a person for
the provision of vending services in the building. A contract entered
into 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 relinquishment
of exclusive right; notice to bureau
Sec. 5. The custodial authority of a building shall notify the
bureau before entering into or renewing a contract to operate vending
services 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 operating
another facility
Sec. 6. In placing blind vendors at vending facilities under this
section, the bureau may not place at a new vending facility a blind
vendor who is already operating a vending facility unless the
placement of the vendor at the new vending facility would leave a
vacant vending facility that could be:
(1) immediately filled by another blind vendor;
(2) transferred to the custodial authority under section 3 of this
chapter; 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 blind
individuals 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 buildings
and 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 stands
under applicable federal and state laws.
(2) Establish and operate vending facilities for the placement of
blind individuals in buildings owned or leased by the federal
government.
(3) Establish and operate vending facilities in privately owned
buildings.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6.
IC 12-12-5-9
Training of vending facility operators; use of state, local, and
federal money
Sec. 9. Training of vending facility operators under this chapter
may 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 shall
submit to the legislative services agency a report in an electronic
format under IC 5-14-6 detailing the number of blind vendors placed
by the bureau in public and private buildings under this chapter.
(b) The legislative services agency shall submit copies of the
report to the chairs of the health committees of the senate and the
house of representatives.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.28-2004, SEC.96.