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.

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.