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      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. 38-1602, 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; July 1.