As used in this act:
- (a) "Customer" means the person in whose name a utility service is provided.
- (b) "Divert" means to change the intended course or path of electricity, gas, or water without the authorization or consent of the utility.
- (c) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association or corporation.
- (d) "Reconnection" means the commencement of utility service, other than by a utility, to a customer or other person after service has been discontinued by the utility.
- (e) "Tamper" means to rearrange, injure, alter, interfere with or otherwise to prevent from performing normal or customary function.
- (f) "Utility" means any "public utility" as defined in K.S.A. 66-104 and also includes any electrical, gas or water system operated by any public agency.
- (g) "Utility service" means the provision of electricity, gas, water, telecommunication or any other service or commodity furnished by the utility for compensation.
- (h) "Telecommunication service" means any telephone service or the transmission of a message, signal or other communication by telephone or telegraph or over telephone or telegraph facilities.
L. 1982, ch. 273, § 1; July 1.