Duties of commission with respect to operation of vending facilities; report; rules

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall: (a) As the commission determines is necessary, survey public buildings or properties to determine the suitability of the public buildings or properties as locations for vending facilities to be operated by persons who are blind and advise the agencies, departments or political subdivisions charged with maintaining the public buildings or properties of the commission’s findings. (b) With the consent of the agency, department or political subdivision charged with maintaining the buildings or properties, establish vending facilities in those locations that the commission determines are suitable and enter into agreements to operate the vending facilities. (c) Recruit, select, train, license and install qualified persons who are blind as managers of vending facilities in public buildings or properties. (d) Adopt rules as necessary to ensure the proper and satisfactory operation of vending facilities and for the benefit of vending facility managers. (e) Provide for the continued operation of established vending facilities if a qualified person who is blind is not available until a qualified person who is blind is available for assignment as manager. (f) Not later than January 15 of each year, submit an annual report on the performance of the commission’s business enterprise program to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health and human services. The commission shall include with the report the results of any surveys made under paragraph (a) of this subsection that were conducted since the submission of the previous year’s report, and any refusals from agencies, departments or political subdivisions to operate vending facilities in public buildings or properties. (2) The commission may enter into agreements in compliance with ORS chapter 190 to operate vending facilities located in public buildings or on public properties described in subsection (1)(b) of this section. (3) If the agency, department or political subdivision charged with maintaining public buildings or properties does not consent to the establishment of vending facilities in locations in the public building or on the public property that the commission determines are suitable, the agency, department or political subdivision shall inform the commission in writing of the reasons why consent is not given.