Okla. Stat. tit. 7, § 7-73
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Operation of vending facilities on state or county property
Official statutory text
- 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 Page 8
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.
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 Page 8
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.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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