North Carolina § 111-50 - Operations of highway vending.

§ 111-50. Operations of highway vending.

In locations on North Carolina highways where the Department of Health and Human Services determines that automatic vending is suitable, the Department shall authorize the Division of Services for the Blind to contract with blind vendors in the operation of highway vending facilities. The contracts shall be reviewed and renegotiated by the Division every two years and shall be reviewed by the Transfer and Promotion Committee. The Commission for the Blind shall adopt rules necessary to govern the operations. The highway vending program shall be a part of the Business Enterprises Program operated under the Randolph-Sheppard Act, 20 U.S.C. § 107a. Repealed by Session Laws 2000, c. 121, s. 27, effective July 14, 2000. The Commission for the Blind may adopt rules to establish applicable set-aside rates for the Business Enterprises Program. The Commission shall only develop rules authorized by this subsection with the active participation of the Elected Committee of Vendors. History (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 984, s. 3; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2000-121, s. 27.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2000-121, s. 35, provides: "The Commission for the Blind shall not exercise the authority granted under G.S. 111-50(c), as enacted by Section 27 of this act, until after such time as the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the United States Department of Education has designated the Commission as part of the State Licensing Agency for the Business Enterprises Program. Until such time as the Commission for the Blind adopts permanent rules to establish set-aside rates for the Business Enterprise Program pursuant to G.S. 111-50(c), as enacted by Section 27 of this act, profits returned to the Division of Services for the Blind shall be based upon operator net income and determined as follows: "(1) The Division shall charge seventeen percent (17%) set-aside on operator net income up to two and one-half times the average operator income for the previous State fiscal year. "(2) The Division shall charge fifty percent (50%) set-aside on operator net income over two and one-half times the average operator income for the previous State fiscal year."