008.01.
INCOME ACCRUES TO STATE LICENSING AGENCY. Ail vending
machine income from vending machines on federal property which is disbursed to
the State Licensing Agency by a property managing department, agency or
instrumentality of the United States under the vending machine income sharing
provisions in 34 CFR 395) shall accrue to each blind vendor operating a
vending facility on such federal property.
008.02.
INCOME
CEILING: The amount of the vending machine income accruing to an
individual blind vendor is not to exceed the average net income of blind
vendors within the state. The average net income must be determined each fiscal
year on the basis of each prior year's operation, except:
008.02A.
VENDING MACHINE
INCOME shall not accrue to any blind vendor in any amount
exceeding the average net income of blind vendors in the United
States.
008.02B.
NO
BLIND VENDOR shall receive less vending machine income than he or
she received during the calendar year prior to January 1, 1974, as a direct
result of any limitation imposed on such income under this ceiling.
008.02C.
NO LIMITATION WHEN
MACHINES ARE PART OF A FACILITY. The State Licensing Agency shall
not impose a limitation on income from vending machines combined to create a
vending facility when such facility is maintained, serviced, or operated by a
blind vendor.
008.02D.
EXCESS RETAINED BY SLA. The State Licensing Agency
shall retain vending machine income disbursed by a property managing
department, SLA, or instrumentality of the United States in excess of the
amounts eligible to accrue to blind vendors. The State Licensing Agency shall
use the income for:
008.02D1. The
establishment and maintenance of retirement or pension plans, for health
insurance contributions, and for the provision of paid sick leave and vacation
time for blind vendors, if it is so determined by a majority vote of the
licensed vendors, after each vendor has been furnished information on all
matters relevant to such purposes;
008.02D2. Any vending machine income not
necessary for such purposes shall be used for one or more of the following;
maintenance and replacement of equipment; purchase of new equipment; management
services, and assuring a fair return to vendors; and that any assessment
charged to blind vendors shall be reduced prorata in an amount equal to the
total of such remaining vending machine income.
008.03.
DISBURSEMENT AT LEAST
QUARTERLY. The State Licensing Agency shall disburse vending
machine income to blind vendors within the state on at least a quarterly basis
and shall inform vendors of the disbursement schedule.
