Nebraska Statutes 63-105. Digital voice newspaper delivery system; legislative findings
(1) The Legislature finds that:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 63-105
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(a) Newspapers are a significant and important source of daily information;
(b) As a written form of media, newspapers are able to provide indepth coverage of issues as well as coverage of a breadth of issues which may be absent in other electronic or broadcast media;
(c) While a newspaper’s written format has advantages, such written format severely limits the ability of blind and other print-reading-impaired persons to obtain information from newspapers;
(d) This information deficit contributes to an unemployment rate estimated at seventy-five percent among working-age blind persons to whom the availability of such detailed news coverage would vastly improve opportunities for meaningful employment;
(e) There are a significant number of blind and other print-reading-impaired persons in Nebraska who would benefit from having timely and complete access to local and national newspapers;
(f) Due to technological advances, newspapers can be efficiently and effectively distributed by voice to enable access by blind and other print-reading-impaired persons; and
(g) The state should maintain a system by which blind and other print-reading-impaired persons can access the information newspapers provide.
(2) The purpose of this section and section 63-106 is to provide a digital voice newspaper delivery system to enable blind and other print-reading-impaired persons to access newspapers in a timely and comprehensive manner.