[Ct-nfb] legislative alert!
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Thu Mar 28 00:51:16 UTC 2013
Hello, I'd missed seeing the emails until later in teh day. Was there any
outcome of todays meeting as of yet.
Thank you,
Elizabeth
In a message dated 3/27/2013 10:37:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
llee at nfbct.org writes:
Hi all,
The Environment Committee of the state legislature is meeting today at
11:00AM to vote on approving pending bills in their committee. HR6654 is one
of them. One section of this bill would remove BESB's first right to vending
facilities in state parks that the DEEP maintains and, instead, open the
facilities to the highest bidder. This would involve 3 state parks (Rocky
Neck, Hammonassett, and Harkness) where blind people now run these vending
stations. We apologize for the late notice, but the agenda was just posted
this morning. Please call the Environment Committee at 860-240-0440 to express
disapproval of section 4 of HR6654. Also a call to Representative Craig
Miner, who introduced this section, would be appreciated. His number
860-842-1423.
Thanks,
Lucia Lee
NFB of CT
860-289-1971
_llee at nfbct.org_ (mailto:llee at nfbct.org)
In January, Rep Miner introduced HR5817 that proposed amending the state
statutes to exempt concessions provided by the DEEP from the general
requirement that such concessions be provided by the BESB. This bill has
apparently died. However, the wording has been included into HR6654, which is on the
Environment Committee's agenda for Friday's public hearing. Here is the
part that concerns the concessions at DEEP-run parks. Underlined sentences
are proposed additions; the entire Sec 4 is an addition to current statutes.
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 10-303 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage):
(a) The authority in charge of any building or property owned, operated or
leased by the state or any municipality therein shall grant to the
Department of Rehabilitation Services a permit to operate in such building or on
such property a food service facility, a vending machine or a stand for the
vending of newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, food and
such other articles as such authority approves when, in the opinion of
such authority, such facility, machine or stand is desirable in such location.
Any person operating such a stand in any such location on October 1, 1945,
shall be permitted to continue such operation, but upon such person's
ceasing such operation such authority shall grant a permit for continued
operation to the Department of Rehabilitation Services. The department may
establish a training facility at any such location. The requirements of this
subsection shall not apply to any state park or forest under the custody and
control of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Energy and
Environmental Protection shall issue a request for proposals for the operation
of the food service facilities located in the state parks and forests under
the custody and control of the commissioner. In awarding any contract for
the operation of such food service facilities, the commissioner shall award
such contract to the highest responsible bidder. Nothing in this section
or section 10-303 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, shall be
construed to prohibit the Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind
from bidding on any contract authorized pursuant to this section.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: impending bill a concern
From: "Chris Kuell" <_ckuell at comcast.net_ (mailto:ckuell at comcast.net) >
Hi Lucia,
I heard that Representative Craig Miner, a Republican, has attached his
bill to take away a blind vendor's first right of refusal to operate a
vending facility in a state park to a bill being considered by the state
Environmental Affairs Committee. If passed, this would immediately put 3 blind
vendors in CT out of work, and of course, set a terrible precedence for future
Randolph-Sheppard entrepreneurs. His bill became an amendment to a bill
being considered by the environmental committee.
Thanks,
chris
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