As used in this act:
(a) "Blighted area" has the meaning ascribed to it in K.S.A. 12-1770a , and amendments thereto;
(b) "committee" means the community strategic planning grant committee established by K.S.A. 74-5095 and amendments thereto;
(c) "metropolitan county" means the county of Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Sedgwick, Shawnee or Wyandotte;
(d) "neighborhood revitalization organization" means any group organized for the purpose of encouraging economic development in a blighted area of a metropolitan county; and
(e) "nonmetropolitan county" means any county which is not a metropolitan county.