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| 1 | | Asset Management Committee minutes from the meeting of 1/17/2018 | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 1/17/2018 | | |
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18-1749
| 1 | | ILLINOIS BLIND VENDORS ACT | Resolution | PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO ITEM 18-1749
(Asset Management Committee 5/15/2018)
PROPOSED RESOLUTION
INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES WITH ILLINOIS BLIND VENDORS
WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Department of Labor blind persons suffer a 70% rate of unemployment; and
WHEREAS, the United States Congress enacted the Randolph-Sheppard Act in 1937 giving blind persons the right to employment on Federal property; and
WHEREAS, President Barack Obama on January 20, 2012 declared his full support of the Randolph- Sheppard act by requiring full federal compliance with the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility Program; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Legislature enacted “The Blind Vendors’ Act” on January 1, 2010 affirming and expanding the rights of blind persons licensed under the Randolph-Sheppard Act the right to operate vending facilities on state property, and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Business Enterprise Program for the Blind authorized under the Blind Vendors Act with the guidance and oversight of the Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors was created for the purposes of providing visually impai | | |
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