SB370 Alabama 2014 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Bill HoltzclawRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2014
- Title
- Disabled persons, preference for services provided by under direction of the Department of Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, Sec. 21-2-2 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, products made or manufactured by individuals with disabilities under the direction of the Department of Adult Blind and Deaf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind are afforded certain preference by purchasers who are state entities.
This bill would clarify that state entities are also required to apply the purchasing preference to services provided by the individuals with disabilities.
This bill would also require the board created in Section 21-2-3, Code of Alabama 1975, to ensure that approved services do not adversely impact services provided under the federal Randolph-Sheppard program, a program designed to enlarge employment opportunities for individuals who are blind through the operation of vending facilities on federal and state property.
- Subjects
- Disabled Persons
Bill Actions
Indefinitely Postponed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature