Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-99c01

• center: means the Kansas center for entrepreneurship;

  (d) "department" means the department of commerce;

  (e) "distressed community" means an area in which 20% or more of the population of all ages for each census tract located within the area has an income below poverty level as reported in the most recently completed decennial census published by the United States bureau of the census;

  (f) "fund" means the Kansas community entrepreneurship fund;

  (g) "contributor" means a person or entity making a contribution to the Kansas center for entrepreneurship;

  (h) "Kansas business" means any business owned by an individual, any partnership, association or corporation domiciled in Kansas, or any corporation, even if a wholly owned subsidiary of a foreign corporation, that does business primarily in Kansas or does substantially all of its production in Kansas;

  (i) "member" means a member of the board of directors;

  (j) "qualified entrepreneur" means an entrepreneur who has exhibited a financial commitment to the business or who has proven business experience or who possesses either a bachelor or master of business administration degree or who has completed course work as directed by the Kansas center for entrepreneurship that certifies the individual as a qualified entrepreneur;

  (k) "regional and community organization" means a not-for-profit organization properly organized under Kansas statutes to provide funds to start-up entrepreneurs through loans, grants or agreements with financial institutions;

  (l) "rural community" means any city having a population of fewer than 50,000 or except as otherwise provided, any unincorporated area. See Kansas Statutes 74-99c02