HOUSE BILL NO. 357
INTRODUCED BY J. COHENOUR
AN ACT REVISING LAWS PERTAINING TO BLIND VENDORS; PROVIDING FOR THE PLACEMENT OF VENDING MACHINES ON STATE HIGHWAYS BY BLIND VENDORS; AMENDING SECTION 60-5-110, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 60-5-110, MCA, is amended to read:
"60-5-110. Commercial enterprise or structure prohibited -- exception exceptions. (1) Except as provided in 60-5-505 and subsection subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a commercial enterprise or structure may not be operated on the publicly owned or leased right-of-way of a controlled-access highway or controlled-access facility.
(2) The department may, under the terms and conditions that it considers appropriate, install or allow others to install electronic communication equipment or electronic informational kiosks on the right-of-way of any state highway, including a controlled-access facility. The department may charge a fee for the use of the equipment or kiosk. The fees must be deposited in the nonrestricted highway state special revenue account to be used for highway purposes.
(3) (a) The department may, under terms and conditions that it considers appropriate, contract with a blind vendor certified pursuant to Title 18, chapter 5, part 4, for the installation of vending machines on the right-of-way of any state highway, including a controlled-access facility.
(b) A blind vendor installing a vending machine pursuant to this subsection (3) is subject to the applicable provisions of Title 18, chapter 5, part 4."
Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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