Kansas Statutes Chapter 13. Cities of the First Class § 13-1235. Power to grant right to furnish electric energy to certain customers in cities of more than 110,000 population; application

In each city of the first class having a population of more than one hundred and ten thousand inhabitants which owns and operates a municipal electric-light plant for the purpose of furnishing such city and its inhabitants with electric energy, the governing body of such city is hereby authorized to grant, to an individual, firm or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing and distributing electric energy, the right to furnish, distribute and sell electric energy to customers within the city, when and only when such customers have first made application to the municipal electric-light plant for a supply of electric energy and the municipal electric-light plant has refused to furnish said electric energy.