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

[Amy Buresh]

Greetings:

 

The below message comes from Carlos Servan, Legislative Chairman.

 

The Hearing for LB1006 will take place on Wednesday February 22 on room 1507
at 1:30; we are second in the list.  This bill would amend a section of the
Nebraska Enterprise program which would give blind vendors better chances to
get new sites on state buildings and properties.  

It will be great if you could come to show support during the testimony.
Please also call or write emails asking the members of this committee to
support LB1006.  If you send an email, write in the subject line "Support
LB1006".  Then you could say that this bill will increase the employment
rate of blind Nebraskans.

 

LB-1006 has been assigned to the Government committee and Senator Avery is
its Chair.  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

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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