2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 7. Blind Persons
§7-8. Special library services to blind and physically handicapped persons.

(a) See Title 74, State Officers and Employees, Section 285(23) note.

(b) The state plan for library services shall be amended in accordance with the Federal Library Services and Construction Act and applicable regulations to reflect the authority and duty of the Section of Services to the Blind (Visual Services) of the Commission for Rehabilitation Services to provide special library services, including braille and recorded books, to blind and visually handicapped persons as provided by state law.

(c) Special library services for blind and physically handicapped adults, children, and students shall be provided by the Section of Services to the Blind (Visual Services) of the Commission for Rehabilitation Services in accordance with the Federal Library Services and Construction Act, as amended, and applicable federal regulations relating thereto; and consistent with applicable statutes and regulations. The library standards of the National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped shall be observed and followed in providing such special library services. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services shall, within the availability of state funds, annually make available for such special library services sufficient funds to earn the maximum available federal funds under the Federal Library Services and Construction Act and appropriations made in pursuance thereof by Congress.

(d) All federal requirements for interlibrary cooperation and consultation shall be observed and entitlement of the Department of Libraries to receive federal funds for library services or construction shall not be impaired by any state law prescribing the duties, responsibilities and functions of the Section of Services to the Blind (Visual Services).

Laws 1969, c. 290, § 2(b), (c), (d), emerg. eff. April 29, 1969; Laws 1993, c. 364, § 6, emerg. eff. June 11, 1993.