§ 51.5-78 Operation by Department.
§ 51.5-79 Operation by blind persons.
§ 51.5-80 Contract with nominee to provide equipment and merchandise.
§ 51.5-81 Contract with nominee to furnish services.
§ 51.5-82 Contracts with federal agencies for installation and supervision.
§ 51.5-83 Surveys of business enterprise opportunities.
§ 51.5-84 Licensure of blind adult residents as operators.
§ 51.5-85 Selection of location and operator of enterprise; supervision.
§ 51.5-86 Other general duties of the Department.
§ 51.5-87 Revocation of privilege to operate enterprise.
§ 51.5-88 Selection of location and type of enterprise with approval of custodian.
§ 51.5-89 Placement of blind persons in vacancies by Department; vending stands in Capitol; regulations.
§ 51.5-90 Providing blind persons with equipment and merchandise.
§ 51.5-91 Ownership of vending stands and other equipment.
§ 51.5-92 Reports by nominee.
§ 51.5-93 Requiring nominee to comply with provisions.
§ 51.5-94 Suspension of nominee; continued operation of program.
§ 51.5-95 Regulations for administration of article.
§ 51.5-96 Requiring performance of duties by officers and employees.
§ 51.5-97 Funds set aside from proceeds of business enterprises.
§ 51.5-98 Exemption from taxation; collection and remittance of sales and meals taxes.
§ 51.5-99 Appeal.
§ 51.5-100 Operation of vending machines at rest areas on interstate highways.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 51.5 > Chapter 12 > Article 4 - Business Enterprises for the Blind.

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Blind person: means a person who has central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye, as measured with best correction, or a limitation in the field of vision of the better eye, such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle of 20 degrees or less. See Virginia Code 51.5-60
  • Business enterprise: means any business other than a vending stand. See Virginia Code 51.5-60
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired. See Virginia Code 51.5-60
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Custodian: means any person or group of persons having the authority to grant permission for the installation and operation of vending stands and other business enterprises. See Virginia Code 51.5-60
  • Department: means the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired. See Virginia Code 51.5-60
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • Nominee: means any nonprofit corporation familiar with work for the blind and in the placement of the blind. See Virginia Code 51.5-60
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255
  • Vending stand: means an installation in any public or private building for the sale of newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, soft drinks, ice cream, wrapped foods and such other articles as may be approved by the custodian thereof and the Department. See Virginia Code 51.5-60