75-3728e. Canteens, work therapy projects and benefit funds at state institutions; definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Canteen" means a retail store which offers for sale items of necessity, comfort and morale which otherwise are not accessible to persons in the environment of a state institution.

(b) "Canteen fund" means the moneys and other assets used for operation of a canteen.

(c) "Benefit fund" means the moneys and other assets available:

(1) To provide property, services or entertainment for persons in a state institution or in the legal custody of the secretary of corrections;

(2) to provide incentives for program and work participation and performance and other activities related to offender management for persons in the legal custody of the secretary of corrections; or

(3) for other purposes that benefit persons in a state institution or in the legal custody of the secretary of corrections.

(d) "Work therapy project" means a sheltered workshop or other similar vocational training activity provided by a state institution, whether on or off campus.

(e) "Work therapy fund" means the moneys and other assets used to operate a work therapy project for persons in a state institution.

(f) "State institution" means:

(1) Any institution as defined by K.S.A. 38-2302, K.S.A. 75-5202 or 76-12a01, and amendments thereto;

(2) the Kansas state school for the blind;

(3) the Kansas state school for the deaf; and

(4) the Kansas veterans' home and the Kansas soldiers' home, which are operated and administered by the commission on veterans affairs.

History: L. 1974, ch. 405, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 317, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 41, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 106, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 169, § 123; January 1, 2007.