REPORT TITLE:
PUC; Blind Customer Billing


DESCRIPTION:
Requires public or private providers of sewer, water, electric,
gas, telephone, or cable utility services, upon a blind or
visually-impaired customer's request, to provide billing in
braille, large print, or audio format, at no additional charge to
the customer.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITY BILLING PROCEDURES FOR BLIND OR
   VISUALLY-IMPAIRED CUSTOMERS.




BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 269, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "§269-     Billing procedures; providers of sewer, water,
 
 5 electric, gas, telephone, or cable utility service; blind or
 
 6 visually-impaired customers.  Any provider of sewer, water,
 
 7 electric, gas, telephone, or cable utility services, whether
 
 8 public or private, upon the request of a blind or visually-
 
 9 impaired customer, shall provide the customer's bills in braille,
 
10 large print, or audio format, whichever the customer requests at
 
11 no additional charge to the customer."
 
12      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
13      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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15                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________