South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 18 - SOUTH CAROLINA COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND
Title 1 - BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM
Section 18-14 - Vending Facility Equipment and Initial Stock

A. The Agency will furnish each vending facility with adequate, suitable equipment and initial stocks of merchandise and cash necessary for the establishment and operation of such facility.

B. The right, title to and interest in the equipment and initial stock of each vending facility will be vested in the Agency.

C. In the event a vendor is transferred, promoted or terminated, he or she will be responsible to the Agency for the amount of initial stock in that facility when he or she was placed in it. If there is saleable stock in excess of the initial stock, the Agency will reimburse the Blind Licensed Vendor for the excess amount.

D. In the event a Blind Licensed Vendor is transferred or promoted into a location with insufficient merchandise to operate the facility in accordance to the guidelines set forth in the agreement for that particular location, the South Carolina Commission for the Blind will furnish the necessary inventory to a sufficient operating level.

E. If the vending facility is to be closed, either temporarily or permanently, the Blind Licensed Vendor will sell out his or her entire saleable stock and will reimburse the Agency for the amount of initial stock in the vending facility when he or she was placed in it.

F. Vending machines that are in direct competition with a vending facility will be considered as a part of the vending facility equipment. The Blind Licensed Vendor will receive the net proceeds from vending machines in direct competition. Vending facilities on non-Federal property which do not receive net proceeds from vending machines in direct competition will not be subject to this policy. A Blind Licensed Vendor will be required to pay a service charge to the supplier if the Blind Licensed Vendor is physically unable to load and supply the merchandise needed for the vending machine.