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2. Commission.__"Commission" means the Commission for the
Blind.

 
3. Director.__"Director" means the Director of the
Commission for the Blind.

 
4.__Jurisdiction. "Jurisdiction" means the control of the
maintenance, operation and protection of public buildings and
property of the State or of a county or a municipality.

 
5.__Licensing agency.__"Licensing agency" means the
Commission for the Blind, which is the state agency designated
by the Rehabilitation Services Administration in the United
States Department of Education to issue licenses to blind
persons for the operation of vending facilities.

 
6.__Manager.__"Manager" means the blind person, duly
licensed by the commission, who personally operates the
vending facility.

 
7.__Public building or property.__"Public building or
property" means a building or land owned, leased or occupied
by a department, agency or authority of the State or a county
or a municipality of the State.

 
8.__Vending facility.__"Vending facility" means a
restaurant, a cafeteria, including the cafeteria located in
the Cross Office Building in Augusta, a snack bar, a vending
machine for food and beverages and goods and services
customarily offered in connection with a restaurant, a
cafeteria, a snack bar or a vending machine.

 
§19602.__Commission established

 
The Commission for the Blind is established in the Executive
Department to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The
commission is directly responsible to the Governor and serves
as an advisory, consultative, coordinating, administrative and
research agency as specified in this chapter.

 
§19603.__Organization

 
1. Director.__The executive head of the commission is the
director and is appointed by the Governor to serve at the
pleasure of the Governor.__The director shall supervise and
administer the affairs of the commission.

 
2. Qualifications.__The director must be qualified by
education, training and experience in planning or public
administration and in issues concerning blindness and visual
impairment.


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