2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 61 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO OFFICES AND OFFICERS -- SOCIAL SECURITY FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES -- EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 61.980 Definitions for KRS 61.980 to 61.988.
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61.980 Definitions for KRS 61.980 to 61.988.
As used in KRS 61.980 to 61.988:
(1) "Access" means the ability to receive, use, and manipulate data and operate
controls included in information technology to be in compliance with nationally
accepted accessibility and usability standards such as those established by
Section 255 of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Section 508
of the Federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998;
(2) "Individual with a disability" means an individual who is considered to have a
disability for the purpose of any federal or state law, and who is or would be
able by information-access-assistive technology to maintain a level of
functioning or to achieve a greater level of functioning in any major life activity;
(3) "Blind or visually impaired individual" means an individual who:
(a) Has a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting
lenses or has a limited field of vision so that the widest diameter of the
visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty (20) degrees;
(b) Has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration; or
(c) Has a medically diagnosed limitation in visual functioning that restricts the
individual's ability to read and write standard print at levels expected of
individuals of comparable ability;
(4) "Covered entity" means the state or any state-assisted organization;
(5) "Deaf" or "hard of hearing" means persons who have hearing disorders and
includes people who cannot hear and understand speech clearly through the
ear alone, with or without hearing aids;
(6) "Information technology" means all electronic information processing hardware
and software, including but not limited to telecommunications and any
electronic information equipment or interconnected system that is used in the
acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display,
switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of audio, video, graphics,
and text;
(7) "Assistive technology" means any item, piece of equipment, or product system,
whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, customized, fabricated,
or is otherwise an alternative means that is used to increase, maintain, or
improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities;
(8) "Nonvisual" means output methods not requiring sight, including but not limited
to synthesized speech and Braille;
(9) "State" means the Commonwealth of Kentucky or any of its departments,
agencies, public bodies, or other instrumentalities;
(10) "State-assisted organization" means a college, university, nonprofit
organization, person, political subdivision, school system, or other entity
supported in whole or in part by state funds;
(11) "Telecommunications" means the transmission of information, images,
pictures, voice, or data by radio, video, or other electronic or impulse means;
and
(12) "Undue burden" means significant difficulty or expense, including but not
limited to a difficulty or expense associated with technical feasibility.
Effective:July 14, 2000
History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 536, sec. 32, effective July 14, 2000.
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