                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PLACEMENT OF BLIND PERSONS IN VACANCIES BY DEPARTMENT; VENDING STANDS IN
CAPITOL; REGULATIONS (§ 51.5-89)

When any vending stand or other business enterprise operated in a public
building becomes vacant or a vacancy is created through the construction or
acquisition of new public buildings or renovation or expansion of existing
public buildings, the existence of such vacancies shall be made known to the
Department. The Department acting on behalf of the blind shall have first
priority in assuming the operation of such vending stand or business enterprise
through placement of a properly trained blind person in such vacancy. This
section shall not apply to vending stands or other business enterprises operated
in (i) local government buildings, (ii) the State Capitol, or (iii) the
legislative office buildings that shall be subject to the control of the Rules
Committee of the House of Delegates and the Rules Committee of the Senate.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any locality may, by ordinance
or resolution, provide for the Department to have first priority in assuming the
operation of any vending stand or business enterprise located in a local
government building.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 63-204.14; 1950, p. 6; 1968, c. 578, § 63.1-155; 1978,
c. 497; 1979, c. 528; 1992, c. 755; 2002, c. 747; 2012, cc. 805, 836.