47.03 Specialized programs for persons with disabilities.

444 words·~2 min read·/wi/chapter-47/47-03

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

(2)The department may accept gifts, grants and donations to be used for the purposes of this section. The department shall deposit all moneys received as gifts, grants and donations in the appropriation under s. 20.445

(i).

(a)No person may advertise any product as being blind-made or sell or distribute any product that is advertised as being blind-made unless at least 75 percent of the labor involved in creating the product was performed by blind or visually impaired persons. Work involving the preparation, processing, assembling or packing of a product shall be included in calculating the total labor involved in creating the product, while work involving supervision, administration, inspection, shipping or the production of materials from which a finished product is created shall be excluded from the calculation.

(b)The department shall offer to manufacturers and sellers of blind-made products labels which indicate that a product was made by blind persons. The labels shall be sold at a price that defrays the cost of producing or purchasing the labels.

(c)The department shall investigate each complaint concerning a violation of this subsection and shall refer each complaint that it finds justified to the district attorney of the county in which the alleged violation occurred for prosecution.

(d)Any person who violates this subsection shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

(a)The department shall establish a supervised business enterprise program for blind persons in which the department owns, leases, manages, supervises, provides consultative services to or operates businesses for the benefit of blind persons, with the ultimate objective of enabling blind persons to operate their own businesses. The department shall offer blind persons first right to operate these businesses.

(b)The department may charge a portion of the expenses of its supervised business enterprise program to the net proceeds of each business operating under the program. The department shall establish the procedure for setting these charges by rule, with the participation of a committee of blind vendors established under 20 USC 107b-1 . The department shall deposit the moneys from the charges made under this paragraph in the appropriation accounts under s. 20.445

(h)and

(he).

(c)The department may sell equipment and stock at a fair value, based on condition and serviceability, to any blind person who operates a business under this subsection if all of the following conditions are met:

1. The person can pay for the purchase.

2. The person has received permission from the building manager to use the building in which the business is located.