La. Admin. Code tit. 67 § VII-507

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section VII-507 - State Legal Authority

A. Louisiana Revised Statutes-R.S. 49:664. Section 6B (1)(b) (Legislative Act that created the Department of Health and Hospitals), R.S. 36:477(c) (Legislative Act that created the Department of Social Services), R.S. 36:301 (Legislative Act that created the Louisiana Workforce Commission).

B. Louisiana Act 19 of 1988, effected the merger of the Division of Rehabilitation Services with the Division of Blind Services to form Louisiana Rehabilitation Services. Louisiana Act 939 of 2010 transferred the agency from the Department of Social Services to the Louisianan Workforce Commission.

C.R.S. 23.3023 gives priority to the blind in operation of vending stands, vending machines, cafeterias, and other small business concessions to be operated in the portions, or portions thereof, of properties that those state agencies, boards, commissions, and institutions own, maintain, occupy, or control. No other vending stands, vending machines, cafeterias, or small business concessions shall be operated on the same premises with vending stands, vending machines, cafeterias, or other small business concessions operated, or contemplated, under the blind business enterprise program, except as provided by R.S. 23:3023.

D.R.S. 46:2641 provides for the establishment of the Blind Vendors Trust Fund.

E.R.S. 49:950 (et seq.) is the Administrative Procedure Act for the authority to promulgate rules.

La. Admin. Code tit. 67, § VII-507

Promulgated by the Department of Social Services, Office of Rehabilitation Services, LR 25:528 (March 1999), Amended by the Workforce Commission, Rehabilitation Services, LR 412178 (10/1/2015), Amended LR 48308 (2/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:3022.