(1)
ACTIVE PARTICIPATION means an ongoing process of information sharing,
discussions and good faith negotiations between the Business
Enterprise Consumer Committee and the Commission to achieve joint
planning, developing and understanding of the Commission's major
administrative, policy and program development decisions that impact
the Commission's Business Enterprise Program, prior to their
implementation;
(2) BLIND
PERSON means a person who qualifies as a blind person under
34 CFR
395.1(c);
(3) BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
PROGRAM means the Program administered by the Commission that is
responsible for providing self-employment opportunities to persons
who are legally blind pursuant to the Randolph-Sheppard
Act;
(4) BUILDING MANAGER
means the head of the department or agency in charge of maintenance
of federal or public buildings or properties. The person designated
by the federal or public agency in control of the property to deal
with the Commission concerning vending facilities shall be deemed to
be the "head of the department or agency in charge of
maintenance";
(5)
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CONSUMER COMMITTEE means the group of elected
vending facility managers who serve as representatives of all vending
facility managers and licensees in the Business Enterprise Program,
as described in
34 CFR §
395.14;
(6) CAFETERIA, located on Federal
property, is as defined in CFR 395.1(d).
(7) CAFETERIA, located on State
property or in other public buildings, means a food-dispensing
facility:
(a) That can provide a
variety of prepared foods and beverages;
(b) Where a patron may move through
a self-service line;
(c)
That may employ some servers to wait on patrons; and
(d) That provides seating suitable
for patrons to consume meals;
(8) COMMISSION means the Oregon
Commission for the Blind which is the agency of the state of Oregon
which provides rehabilitation services for legally blind persons
within the state. It is also the licensing agency assigned to
administer the Act;
(9)
DIRECTOR means the Director of the Business Enterprise
Program;
(10) DIRECT
COMPETITION VENDING has the meaning provided in 34 § CFR
395.1(f);
(11) FACILITY
means the building or property where vending or food service
operations are located or established;
(12) FEDERAL PROPERTY is as defined
in 34 § CFR 395.1(g);
(13) HEALTHY ITEMS (OTHER) means
products that meet the guidelines as specified in the USDA Health and
Sustainability Guidelines for Federal Concessions and Vending
Operations;
(14) HEALTHY
VENDING ITEM means products that meet the Fit Pick guidelines of the
National Automated Merchandising Association as written in 2017;
(15) LICENSE has the
meaning provided in
34 CFR
395.1(i);
(16) LICENSEE has the
meaning provided in
34 CFR
395.1(b);
(17) LOCAL VENDING ITEM means an
agricultural product that is transported less than 400 miles from its
origin or is distributed within the same state it was produced. Based
on the definition provided in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act
of 2008: Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2419.
(18) NET PROCEEDS is as defined in
CFR 395.1(k);
(19)
OPERATING AGREEMENT means the agreement between the vending facility
manager and the Commission stating specific terms of operation for a
vending facility;
(20)
PERMIT has the meaning provided in
34 CFR
395.1(o);
(21) POLITICAL SUBDIVISION means a
local government as defined in ORS
174.116,
a municipality, town or village of this state;
(22) PUBLIC BUILDING OR PROPERTY
has the meaning provided in HB 3253 (2017);
"Public building" or "property" means a building,
land or other real property, or a portion of a building, land or
other real property, that is owned, leased, managed or occupied by a
department or an agency of the State of Oregon or by a political
subdivision, except for a public elementary school, a secondary
school, a public university listed in ORS
352.002 or a public corporation created pursuant to ORS
353.020;
(23) SET-ASIDE
FUNDS has the meaning provided in
34 CFR
395.1(s);
(24) TEAMING PARTNER
means a private company that has entered into an agreement with the
Commission to provide support to a vending facility manager in the
day to day conduct of the vending facility operation;
(25) TEMPORARY MANAGER means a
vending facility manager temporarily assigned to operate a vending
facility, until a permanent vending facility manager is assigned to
operate the vending facility;
(26) TRAINEE means a blind person
who has completed the required vocational rehabilitation assessments
and training, and who has applied to and been accepted by the
Director, to receive training that may lead to licensure in the
Business Enterprise program;
(27) VENDING FACILITY, located on
Federal property, is as defined in
34 CFR
395.1(x);
(28) VENDING FACILITY,
located on State property or in other public buildings, means:
(a) Shelters, counters, shelving,
display and wall cases, refrigerating apparatus and other appropriate
auxiliary equipment that are necessary or customarily used for the
vending of articles, including an established mix of healthy vending
items approved by the Commission for the Blind and the agency
department or political subdivision charged with maintaining the
public building or property where the vending facility is located;
(b) Manual or
coin-operated vending machines or similar devices for vending
articles, including machines or devices that accept electronic
payment; or Cafeterias or snack bars for the dispensing of food
stuffs and beverages;
(29) VENDING FACILITY PERMIT, for
facilities .1(o)efined in CFR located on Federal property, is as
defined in
34 CFR
395.1(o);
(30) VENDING FACILITY
AGREEMENT, for facilities located on State property or in other
public buildings, means an agreement between the appropriate
officials with a public property or federal property and the
Commission that defines the terms and conditions for the
establishment and operation of a vending facility;
(31) VENDING FACILITY MANAGER means
a person who is:
(a)
Blind;
(b) Responsible
for the day-to-day conduct of the vending facility operation;
and
(c) Licensed under
ORS
346.510 to
346.570;
(32) VENDING MACHINE is
as defined in
34 CFR
395.1(y);
(33) VENDING MACHINE INCOME is as
defined in
34 CFR
395.1(z);
(34) VENDING ROUTE is compilation
of vending machines combined to establish a vending
facility.