Oklahoma § 56-329 - Section of Services to the Blind - Transfer to Commission

§ 56-329. Section of Services to the Blind - Transfer to Commission

for Rehabilitation Services - Merit system - Functions of Section.

A. The Section of Services to the Blind of the Oklahoma

Department of Career and Technology Education, including all

personnel thereof and all property and assets belonging to such

Section, is hereby transferred to, and shall be a section of, the

Commission for Rehabilitation Services; and all powers, duties and

responsibilities of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology

Education relating to services to the blind shall hereafter be

exercised by the Commission for Rehabilitation Services. Employees

of the Section who are members of the Teachers' Retirement System of

Oklahoma and who continue as employees of the Section after such

transfer may retain their membership in such Teachers' Retirement

System. The Governor may, by an Executive Order, place the Section

and employees thereof under the Merit System of Personnel

Administration.

B. The Section of Services to the Blind shall provide, to blind

and visually impaired persons, rehabilitation services,

rehabilitation teaching services, optical aids, and special library

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons

services, including Braille and recorded books; administer the

vending facility program maintained for blind and visually impaired

persons, and the merchandising fund; plan and develop a

comprehensive rehabilitation center and services for blind and

visually impaired persons; and coordinate its services with other

public agencies and private agencies providing services to the

blind.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 46, § 2, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by

Laws 1993, c. 364, § 15, emerg. eff. June 11, 1993; Laws 2001, c.

329, § 3, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.