1. Blind persons shall be authorized to operate vending facilities on any state property within this state in a fair and uniform manner.

2. With respect to vending facilities on state property, priority shall be given to blind persons. As used in sections 8.700 to 8.745, “state property” means all real property, or part thereof, owned, leased, rented, or otherwise controlled or occupied by any department, agency or body of this state, including roadside rest areas, except the department of mental health, but does not include any of the following:

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 8.705

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(1) A building in which less than one hundred state employees are, or will be, located during normal working hours;

(2) A building in which less than fifteen thousand square feet of interior floor space is to be used for state government purposes or in which services are to be provided to the public;

(3) A building to be occupied by state government employees for less than three years.