Purchase of products and services of nonprofit entities for blind and disabled persons; definitions

As used in K.S.A. 75-3317 through 75-3322, and amendments thereto, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) "Director of purchases" means the director of purchases of the department of administration; (b) "qualified vendor" means a not-for-profit entity incorporated in the state of Kansas that: (1) Employs persons who are blind or disabled and who reside in Kansas. Persons who are employed by a third-party entity other than the vendor are not employed by the vendor for purposes of this section; (2) does business primarily in Kansas or substantially all of its production in Kansas; (3) is operated in the interest of and for the benefit of persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, or both; (4) the net income of such entity shall not, in whole or any part, financially benefit any shareholder or other individual; and (5) such qualified vendor's primary purpose shall be to provide employment for persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities; (c) "state agency" means any state office or officer, department, board, commission, institution, bureau or any agency, division or any unit within an office, department, board, commission or other state authority; (d) "unified school district" means any unified school district, board of education or any purchasing cooperative formed by one or more unified school districts; (e) "committee" means the state use law committee authorized pursuant to K.S.A. 75-3322c, and amendments thereto; (f) "municipality" has the meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 75-6102, and amendments thereto; and (g) "persons who are disabled" means any person of employable age whose disability, whether physical or mental, congenital or acquired by accident, injury or disease, is a substantial barrier to employment.