Bill Text: VA HB1289 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Blind and Vision Impaired, Department for the; contracts for operation of certain vending machines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0596) [HB1289 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB1289-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 596
An Act to amend and reenact §51.5-100 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired; contracts for operation of certain vending machines.
[H 1289]
Approved April 1, 2016

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §51.5-100 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§51.5-100. Operation of vending machines at rest areas on interstate highways.

A. The Department, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, is authorized to operate vending machines at rest areas on the interstate highways in the Commonwealth and to use the net proceeds from such operations to establish and operate vending stands and other business enterprises as defined in Article 1 (§51.5-60 et seq.) of this chapter and to provide health insurance for blind vendors.

B. The Department of General Services shall conduct the procurement process for contracts for goods or services authorized by the Department under subsection A, including (i) preparing the solicitation document that will be used, (ii) the evaluating of responses to the issued solicitation, and (iii) making the award decision on the basis of the final scoring of bids or proposals.

2. That the provisions of this act shall not be construed to affect any litigation pending as of January 1, 2016.

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