Section 74-9307 - INK; financing of operations; employees(a) INK shall fund its operations from revenues generated from subscribers, and from money, goods or in-kind services donated from private sources. Initial funding for start-up costs shall be obtained from private donations.(b) The provisions of article 32 of chapter 75 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, any acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder, shall not apply to officers or employees of INK. Subject to policies established by the board of INK, the chairperson of INK or the chairperson's designee shall be authorized to approve all travel and travel expenses of such officers and employees.(c) Nothing in this act shall be construed as placing any officer or employee of INK in the classified service or unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act.L. 1990, ch. 266, § 7; L. 1995, ch. 255, § 11; Dec. 17.