§ 24-30-1201 — Definitions

As used in this part 12, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Direct labor means all work required for preparing, processing, and
packing products and all work required for providing services, but the term does
not include supervision, administration, inspection, or shipment.

(2) Nonprofit agency for persons with severe disabilities means a private
nonprofit organization established under the laws of the United States or this state
which is operated in the interest of individuals who are severely impaired, the net
income of which does not inure in whole or in part to the benefit of any shareholder,
officer, or other individual, and which, in the production of commodities and in the
provision of services, employs during its fiscal year severely impaired individuals for
not less than seventy-five percent of the man-hours of direct labor required for the
production of commodities or for the provision of services.

(3) Public agency means any public office, officer, department,
commission, institution, or bureau, any agency, division, or unit within a department
or office, or any other public authority of this state. Public agency shall not
include any municipality, county, school district, special district, nor any other
political subdivision of the state.

(4) Severe disability means one or more physical or mental disabilities
which constitute a substantial impairment to employment and which are of such a
nature as to require multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended
period of time.

Legislative History

Source: L. 79: Entire part added, p. 876, � 1, effective July 1. L. 93: (2) and (4) amended, p. 1654, � 55, effective July 1.