§ 9-2-111 — Division of vocational rehabilitation; provision of authorized services; related powers

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the division
shall provide the services authorized by this act to eligible
individuals with disabilities. The division may:
(i) Cooperate with other departments, agencies and
institutions, both public and private, in providing the services
authorized by this act to individuals with disabilities;
(ii) Enter into reciprocal agreements with other
states to provide for the services authorized by this act to
residents of the contracting states;
(iii) Establish and operate rehabilitation facilities
and workshops and make grants to public and nonprofit
organizations for those purposes;
(iv) Supervise the operation of small businesses
established pursuant to this act to be conducted by eligible
individuals with disabilities;
(v) Provide training and instruction, including
establishing and maintaining research fellowships and
traineeships with stipends and allowances, in matters relating
to vocational rehabilitation;
(vi) Establish new vending machine sites on any state
owned public property, except as provided in subsection (b) of
this section, in cooperation with the administrator or governing
body in charge of the public property;
(vii) Bid out all vending machine sites located on
any state owned public property, except as provided in
subsection (b) of this section. Vending machines currently
located on public property and under a written contract with a
specific renewal or termination date will not be affected by
this section until the renewal or termination date;
(viii) Enter into contracts with vendors for the
installation and operation of vending machine sites on any state
owned public property, except as provided in subsection (b) of
this section. These contracts shall include a provision for the
payment of commissions to the division based on gross revenues
from the vending machines. These commissions shall be placed in
an account which shall be used for the establishment and
administration of small businesses created under this act. The
division may assign a portion of the commissions to operators of
small businesses created under this act for the maintenance of
their income;
(ix) Promulgate rules and regulations to provide:
(A) Definitions to include the terms "contract
bid preference," "small businesses," "public property" and
"vending machine sites";
(B) Methods for determining the contract bid
preference eligibility under W.S. 9-2-115;
(C) Methods of recovering the cost of
establishing small businesses and maintaining equipment;
(D) Methods for determining the portion of
commissions to be assigned to small business operators for the
maintenance of their income.
(x) Encourage the establishment of vending machine
sites and small businesses on privately owned or controlled
property.
(b) The provisions of this act shall not apply to state
owned public property included in W.S. 36-8-1001 through
36-8-1002 or state owned public property used to conduct the
state fair or the Wyoming pioneer memorial museum under W.S.
11-10-101 through 11-10-114 or the University of Wyoming or
Wyoming community colleges.