Oregon § 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

Oregon Statutes

§ 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

Oregon § 346.520

Vol.9

Title 30Education and Culture

Ch. 346Programs for Persons Who Are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind or Blind

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Or. Rev. Stat. § 346.520 (2026).

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(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 fac

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(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.