Session 2000
Effective: April 28, 2000
                                                                        SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1861                                                                         A Resolution congratulating and commending Utilicorp.
      WHEREAS,  Fortune magazine released its prestigious list of America's
Most Admired Companies in its February 2000 issue; and

      WHEREAS,  Five excellent corporate citizens of the State of Kansas were
included among these most elite companies; and

      WHEREAS,  The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce will formally
recognize the five Kansas companies given special recognition with a reception
on May 1, 2000; and

      WHEREAS,  The members of the Kansas Senate have long recognized and
valued the presence of these excellent corporations and the products and serv-
ices they provide not only to this state, but to the nation and the world; and

      WHEREAS,  Utilicorp is a dynamic utility and energy service corporation
serving industrial, commercial and private accounts both nationally and inter-
nationally; and

      WHEREAS,  Utilicorp founded its first electrical generator in Solomon
Valley, Kansas, in 1902, and later moved to Alton, Kansas, and then to Con-
cordia, Kansas; and

      WHEREAS,  Utilicorp earned the rank of 132nd in sales on the 1998 For-
tune 500 list and has also been included in Forbes magazine's Platinum 400
list: Now, therefore,

      Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas: That we, the members
of the Kansas Senate of the Year 2000, join together to commend the officers,
management and employees of Utilicorp for the standard of excellence set
here and abroad, and congratulate them on receiving the well-deserved honor
by Fortune magazine as one of America's Most Admired Companies.

Senate Resolution No. 1861 was sponsored by Senators Vratil and Langworthy.