Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-5002b

• department: means the department of commerce;

  (4) "entrepreneur" means an individual creating a new business, service or product;

  (5) "region" means multi-county areas as defined by the secretary of commerce;

  (6) "regional business development fund" means an authorized and audited fund that is created by taxpayer contributions, interest income and investment income and is managed by the regional foundation board of directors for the purposes of economic and leadership development in the region;

  (7) "regional foundation" means any organization in Kansas that demonstrates capacity to provide economic development services to regions as defined by this act, and: (A) Has obtained a ruling from the internal revenue service of the United States department of treasury that such organization is exempt from income taxation under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) of the federal internal revenue code;

  (B) has been designated as a certified development company by the United States small business administration;

  (C) has been designated as an economic development district by the United States department of commerce's economic development administration;

  (D) has been organized as a regional planning commission under Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-50,154

• Secretary: means the secretary of commerce. See Kansas Statutes 74-5059