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Session of 1999
          Substitute for Substitute for           SENATE BILL No. 257           By Committee on Utilities           3-5          

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10             AN  ACT concerning electric transmission lines; amending K.S.A. 66-
11             1,177 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 66-
12             1,178, 66-1,179, 66-1,180, 66-1,181 and 66-1,182.
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14       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
15             Section  1. K.S.A. 66-1,177 is hereby amended to read as follows: 66-
16       1,177. As used in this act, the following terms shall have the meanings
17       ascribed to them herein:
18             (a) "Electric utility" means every public utility, as defined by K.S.A.
19       66-104 and amendments thereto, which owns, controls, operates or man-
20       ages any equipment, plant or generating machinery for the production,
21       transmission, delivery or furnishing, of electricity or electric power;
22             (b) "Electric transmission lines" means any line or extension of a line
23       which is at least five (5) miles in length and which is used for the bulk
24       transfer of two hundred thirty (230) kilovolts or more of electricity;
25             (c) "Commission" means the state corporation commission. 
26       Sec.  2. K.S.A. 66-1,177, 66-1,178, 66-1,179, 66-1,180, 66-1,181 and
27       66-1,182 are hereby repealed.
28        Sec.  3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
29       publication in the Kansas register.