KRS 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, displa y, 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.