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          Session of 1998
                    SENATE BILL No. 503           By Committee on Utilities           1-26             9             AN ACT concerning utilities; relating to billing procedures.
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11       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
12           Section 1. Upon request of a visually impaired or blind customer,
13       any provider of sewer, water, electric, gas, telecommunications or cable
14       utility service, or any provider of two or more of such services, whether
15       public or private, shall provide such customer's bills and related infor-
16       mation concerning billings in braille, large print, textfile on computer disk
17       or audio cassette, or any combination thereof. The provision of such bills
18       and related information in alternative formats shall be at no additional
19       cost to the customer.
20           Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
21       publication in the statute book.
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