[Nfbn-announce] Call for legislative action, LB-1006,

[Amy Buresh]

Please see below for a message from Carlos Servan.

 

I would like to let you know that Senator Fulton and Senator Avery
introduced LB-1006.  This bill would amend a section of the Nebraska
Business Enterprise program which would give blind vendors better chances to
get new contract with the state.  LB-1006 has been assigned to the
Government committee and Senator Avery is its Chair.  Please contact the
members of this committee and urge them to support lb-1006 because it will
increase the employment rate for blind nebraskans.  

 

The hearing will take place on February 22.

Below are the members of this committee; and after that is the bill:

 

Government, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee

 

 

Bill Avery - Chairman  (402) 471-2633

bavery at leg.ne.gov

District 28

Room 1103

 

Charlie Janssen  (402) 471-2625

cjanssen at leg.ne.gov

District 15

Room 1403

 

Russ Karpisek  (402) 471-2711

rkarpisek at leg.ne.gov

District 32

Room 1015

 

Rich Pahls  (402) 471-2327

rpahls at leg.ne.gov

District 31

Room 1401

 

Scott Price  (402) 471-2627

sprice at leg.ne.gov

District 3

Room 1528

 

Les Seiler (402) 471-2712, room 1523

 <mailto:lseiler at leg.ne.gov> lseiler at leg.ne.gov

district 33

room 1523

 

Kate Sullivan  (402) 471-2631

ksullivan at leg.ne.gov

District 41

Room 1118

 

Norman Wallman  (402) 471-2620

nwallman at leg.ne.gov

District 30

Room 1406

 




Here is LB-1006

 

LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA

ONE HUNDRED SECOND LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION

LEGISLATIVE BILL 1006

Introduced by Fulton, 29; Avery, 28.

Read first time January 17, 2012

Committee:

A BILL

 FOR AN ACT relating to blind and visually impaired persons; to amend
section 71-8611, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska; to change provisions
relating to a priority for vending  facilities as prescribed; and to repeal
the original section.

 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska, LB 1006 LB 1006

-1-

 Section 1. Section 71-8611, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is
amended to read:

 71-8611 For the purpose of providing blind persons with remunerative
employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of blind persons, and
stimulating blind persons to greater efforts in striving to make themselves
self-supporting, the commission shall administer and operate vending
facilities programs pursuant to the federal Randolph-Sheppard Act, as
amended, 20 U.S.C. 107 et seq.

Blind persons licensed by the commission pursuant to its rules and
regulations are authorized to operate vending facilities in any  federally
owned building or on any federally owned or controlled  property, in any
state-owned building or on any property owned or  controlled by the state,
or on any property owned or controlled by  any county, city, or municipality
with the approval of the local  governing body, when, in the judgment of the
director of the  commission, such vending facilities may be properly and
satisfactorily operated by blind persons. With respect to vending facilities
in any state-owned building or on any property owned or controlled by the
state, priority shall be given to blind persons, except that this shall not
apply to the Game and Parks Commission or the University of Nebraska. This
priority shall only be given if the product price in the bid submitted is
comparable in price to the product price in the other bids submitted for
products sold in similar buildings or on similar property and the
qualifications and capabilities of the vendors bidding for a contract are
found to be similar to the other bidders.

 Sec. 2. Original section 71-8611, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is
repealed.

 

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