9-2-111. Division of vocational rehabilitation; provision of authorized services; related powers.

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the division shall provide the services authorized by this act to eligible individuals with disabilities. The division may:

(i) Cooperate with other departments, agencies and institutions, both public and private, in providing the services authorized by this act to individuals with disabilities;

(ii) Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to provide for the services authorized by this act to residents of the contracting states;

(iii) Establish and operate rehabilitation facilities and workshops and make grants to public and nonprofit organizations for those purposes;

(iv) Supervise the operation of small businesses established pursuant to this act to be conducted by eligible individuals with disabilities;

(v) Provide training and instruction, including establishing and maintaining research fellowships and traineeships with stipends and allowances, in matters relating to vocational rehabilitation;

(vi) Establish new vending machine sites on any state owned public property, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in cooperation with the administrator or governing body in charge of the public property;

(vii) Bid out all vending machine sites located on any state owned public property, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. Vending machines currently located on public property and under a written contract with a specific renewal or termination date will not be affected by this section until the renewal or termination date;

(viii) Enter into contracts with vendors for the installation and operation of vending machine sites on any state owned public property, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. These contracts shall include a provision for the payment of commissions to the division based on gross revenues from the vending machines. These commissions shall be placed in an account which shall be used for the establishment and administration of small businesses created under this act. The division may assign a portion of the commissions to operators of small businesses created under this act for the maintenance of their income;

(ix) Promulgate rules and regulations to provide:

(A) Definitions to include the terms "contract bid preference," "small businesses," "public property" and "vending machine sites";

(B) Methods for determining the contract bid preference eligibility under W.S. 9-2-115;

(C) Methods of recovering the cost of establishing small businesses and maintaining equipment;

(D) Methods for determining the portion of commissions to be assigned to small business operators for the maintenance of their income.

(x) Encourage the establishment of vending machine sites and small businesses on privately owned or controlled property.

(b) The provisions of this act shall not apply to state owned public property included in W.S. 36-8-1001 through 36-8-1002 or state owned public property used to conduct the state fair or the Wyoming pioneer memorial museum under W.S. 11-10-101 through 11-10-114 or the University of Wyoming or Wyoming community colleges.