Bill Text: MI HB6006 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: State; buildings; concession operations by blind persons; modify exceptions. Amend sec. 10 of 1978 PA 260 (MCL 393.360).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-27 - Printed Bill Filed 11/09/2012 [HB6006 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB6006-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 6006
November 8, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Denby and Rogers and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 260, entitled
"An act to revise and codify the laws relating to blind persons and
persons with a visual disability; to create a commission; to
prescribe its powers and duties and those of other state agencies
relative to blind persons; to provide services, education,
training, and assistance to blind persons; to regulate concessions
operated by blind persons; to transfer powers, duties, functions,
and appropriations; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,"
by amending section 10 (MCL 393.360).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
10. (1) This act shall does
not apply to a concession
operated in connection with the state fair, with the use of state
fairgrounds, with a state educational institution, state penal
institution, military establishment, armory, or state park, or in a
building that is operated by a house of the legislature.
(2) A sighted person operating a concession under contract or
lease
at the time this act becomes effective shall not be on
October 1, 1978 is not required to surrender the rights before the
contract or lease expires.
(3)
A sighted person operating a concession which that has
not
been
applied for by a blind person may be permitted to continue in
charge until the concession is applied for and a qualified blind
person is chosen to operate the concession.