As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires:
"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.
"Nonprofit agency for persons with severe disabilities" means a private nonprofitorganization 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.
"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.
"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.
Source: L. 79: Entire part added, p. 876, § 1, effective July 1. L. 93: (2) and (4) amended, p. 1654, § 55, effective July 1.