(1) The office may contract, to the extent funds are available under this chapter and under conditions and standards established by the office, with any nonprofit corporation able to provide expertise in the operation of workshops for and rehabilitation of individuals who are blind or visually impaired and whose objectives are to carry out the purposes of KRS § 163.470(10).
(2) The office shall contract with a nonprofit corporation, effective July 1, 2000, to provide industrial evaluation, training, and employment opportunities for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 163.480

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Office: means the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, or the duly authorized division within the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. See Kentucky Statutes 163.460
  • Visually impaired: means a condition of the eye with correction which constitutes or progressively results for the individual in a substantial disability to employment. See Kentucky Statutes 163.460

Effective: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 35, effective June 27, 2019. — Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 95, effective July 12, 2006. — Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch.
126, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994.

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