39 U.S.C. § 3403 — Matter for blind and other handicapped persons
submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-375 to r/title-39-POSTAL-SERVICE · 229 words · no verdicts yet
Qualifying reading materials and devices for certified blind or physically impaired people may be mailed free of postage if they are free or cost no more than their cost, can be inspected, and contain no advertising.
(a) The material in subsection (b), other than material mailed under section 3404, may be mailed without postage if (1) it is for blind people or people whose physical impairment prevents conventional use or reading of print and competent authority has certified that they cannot read normal material under sections 135a and 135b of title 2; (2) there is no charge, rental, subscription, or other fee, or the fee does not exceed the material’s cost; (3) the Postal Service may open it for inspection; and (4) it contains no advertising. (b) The privilege covers (1) reading material and musical scores; (2) sound reproductions; (3) paper, records, tapes, and other material used to make them; (4) reproducers or parts for sound reproductions; and (5) braille writers, typewriters, educational or other materials or devices, or parts used by or specially designed for a person described in subsection (a)(1).
The matter described in subsection (b) of this section (other than matter mailed under section 3404 of this title) may be mailed free of postage, if—
the matter is for the use of the blind or other persons who cannot use or read conventionally printed material because of a physical impairment and who are certified by competent authority as unable to read normal reading material in accordance with the provisions of sections 135a and 135b of title 2;
no charge, or rental, subscription, or other fee, is required for such matter or a charge, or rental, subscription, or other fee is required for such matter not in excess of the cost thereof;
the matter may be opened by the Postal Service for inspection; and
the matter contains no advertising.
The free mailing privilege provided by subsection (a) of this section is extended to—
reading matter and musical scores;
sound reproductions;
paper, records, tapes, and other material for the production of reading matter, musical scores, or sound reproductions;
reproducers or parts thereof, for sound reproductions; and
braille writers, typewriters, educational or other materials or devices, or parts thereof, used for writing by, or specifically designed or adapted for use of, a blind person or a person having a physical impairment as described in subsection (a)(1) of this section.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 757.)
- 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-375 · 84 Stat. 757
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