Bill Text: CA AB1602 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Vending machines: business enterprises for the blind.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-08-14 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1602 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1602-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1602	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 13, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 4, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Patterson

                        FEBRUARY 5, 2014

   An act to amend Section 220.5 of the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to public social services.   vending
machines. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1602, as amended, Patterson.  Public social services:
  Vending machines:  business enterprises for the
blind.
   Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to
authorize the placement of vending machines in safety roadside rests,
except as specified, and requires the department to give preference
in the placement of vending machines to vendors operating under the
Business Enterprises Program for the Blind. Existing law requires the
department to determine the costs for specified activities,
including any maintenance and operation, related to the vending
machines and requires that the department be reimbursed for those
costs from the revenues derived from the operation of the machines.
   This bill would prohibit the department from being reimbursed for
 power-supply   utility  costs incurred by
vendors operating under the Business Enterprises Program for the
Blind and would require the department to pay for those 
power-supply   utility  costs using state funds.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 220.5 of the Streets and Highways Code is
amended to read:
   220.5.  (a) The department shall authorize the placement of
vending machines in safety roadside rests, unless prohibited by
federal laws, rules, or regulations.
   (b) The department, pursuant to provisions contained in paragraph
(5) of subsection (a) of Section 2 of the Act of June 20, 1936,
commonly known as the Randolph-Sheppard Act, as amended (20 U.S.C.
Sec. 107a(a)(5)), shall give preference for the placement of vending
machines in safety roadside rest areas along state highways to
vendors operating under the Business Enterprises Program for the
Blind in accordance with Article 5 (commencing with Section 19625) of
Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 10 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code.
   (c) The department may determine which safety roadside rest areas
are suitable for inclusion in the vending machine program and the
appropriate location within each roadside rest area for the placement
of the machines, and the department shall approve the design and
construction of any shelter or structure that may be required for the
machines.
   (d) (1) The department shall determine the costs for any
maintenance, operations, design review, or other activities related
to the vending machines and, except as provided in paragraph (2),
shall be reimbursed for those costs from the revenues derived from
the operation of the machines.
   (2)  (A)    The department shall not be
reimbursed for  power-supply   utility 
costs incurred by vendors operating under the Business Enterprises
Program for the Blind and shall pay for those  power-supply
  utility  costs using state funds. 
   (B) For the purposes of this paragraph, "utility cost" includes
fees incurred for providing electricity service, water service,
sewage service, or any other similar service. 
   (e) Any money received by the department for authorizing the
placement of, or from the income from, the vending machines shall be
transferred to the State Highway Account.