As used in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 19-4801 through 19-4811* and 74-7305*:

(a) “Commission” means board of county commissioners;

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(b) “crime” or “property crime” means an act made criminal by state, county or municipal penal codes and which does not constitute criminally injurious conduct as defined in subsection (e) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 74-7301, and amendments thereto;

(c) “collateral source” means the same as defined in subsection (d) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 74-7301, and amendments thereto;

(d) “local board” means a county property crime compensation board;

(e) “local fund” means a county property crime compensation fund;

(f) “loss” means out of pocket damage sustained by a victim against whom a crime has been committed, but does not include collateral sources;

(g) “property crime compensation board” means an entity created by a commission, or through an interlocal agreement pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-2901 et seq., and amendments thereto, an entity created by a group of counties, to administer this act; and

(h) “victim” means an individual who suffers loss as a result of the commission of a crime, loss due to the good faith effort of any individual person to prevent a crime or loss due to the good faith effort of any individual person to apprehend a person suspected of engaging in a crime; where the context so requires, “victim” includes those persons filing a claim at the request of and on behalf of the victim, or the actual owner of property interests which were the subject of the crime.