The Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services is authorized to aid in securing employment for persons who are legally blind. Said commissioner may aid persons who are legally blind in such way as said commissioner deems expedient, expending for such purpose such sum as the General Assembly appropriates.
(1949 Rev., S. 1613; June, 1955, S. 1003d; 1961, P.A. 539, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 159, S. 4; P.A. 78-218, S. 202; P.A. 11-44, S. 10; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 42; P.A. 13-7, S. 1; 13-208, S. 74; P.A. 17-202, S. 28.)
History: 1961 act changed maximum expenditure from monthly to annual basis and clarified that additional payment was in discretion of board; 1969 act substituted director for board; P.A. 78-218 replaced personal pronoun “he” with “said director”; P.A. 11-44 added reference to director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced “director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” and “director” with “Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services” and “commissioner”, respectively, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 13-7 changed from “partially blind” to “legally blind” the category of persons who may receive employment aid and eliminated per person maximum expenditure of $960 per fiscal year, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-208 made a technical change; P.A. 17-202 replaced “legally blind persons” with “persons who are legally blind”.
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