Oklahoma § 7-73 - Operation of vending facilities on state or county property

§ 7-73. Operation of vending facilities on state or county property

- License - Free space - Exceptions.

A. It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of

each county and the governing boards of all state institutions,

state agencies and state or county public trust authorities, with

regard to the premises of county or state property under their

respective jurisdictions or the premises of property leased by them

in whole or in part, to give priority to vending facilities operated

by licensed blind operators and established by the State Department

of Rehabilitation Services. Governing boards shall observe such

priority by entering into an agreement with the Department.

Operators shall be licensed by the Department.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 7. Blind Persons

B. Governing boards shall make available free of any charge,

fee, assessment or commission on sales adequate space with

sufficient electrical, plumbing, heating and ventilation outlets for

the operation of a vending facility on satisfactory sites.

Governing boards shall provide free of any charge, fee, assessment

or commission on sales the use of utilities needed to operate a

vending facility.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the

operation of fairgrounds, exposition centers, trade/consumer show

facilities, pari-mutuel horse racing facilities as licensed by the

Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, parks, golf courses, hospitals

operated by county trust authorities, commissaries for the benefit

of persons lawfully confined in the county jail under the custody of

the county sheriff or the State Capitol Building and grounds;

provided, that vending machines within the State Capitol Building

shall be subject to the provisions of subsections A and B of this

section.

Added by Laws 1937, p. 56, § 3, emerg. eff. April 29, 1937. Amended

by Laws 1978, c. 127, § 3, emerg. eff. March 31, 1978; Laws 1997, c.

89, § 3, emerg. eff. April 11, 1997; Laws 2000, c. 331, § 1, eff.

Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2016, c. 91, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2017,

c. 263, § 1.