§ 45-31.2-2 - Definitions.
SECTION 45-31.2-2
§ 45-31.2-2 Definitions. – As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) "Business" means any lawful activity, excepting a farmoperation, conducted primarily:
(i) For the purchase, sale, lease, and rental of personal andreal property, and for the manufacture, processing, or marketing of products,commodities, or any other personal property;
(ii) For sale of services to the public;
(iii) By a nonprofit organization; or
(iv) Solely for the purposes of § 45-31.2-3(a), forassisting in the purchase, sale, resale, manufacture, processing, or marketingof products, commodities, personal property, or services by the erection andmaintenance of an outdoor advertising display or displays, whether or not thedisplay or displays are located on the premises on which any of thoseactivities are conducted.
(2) "Displaced person" means any person who, on or afterJanuary 2, 1971, moves from real property, or moves his or her personalproperty from real property, as a result of the acquisition of that realproperty, in whole or in part, or as the result of the written order of theacquiring agency to vacate real property, for a program or project undertakenby a relocation agency; and, solely for the purposes of §§45-31.2-3(a) and (b) and 45-31.2-6(a) and (b), as a result of the acquisitionof or as the result of the written order of the acquiring agency to vacateother real property, on which the person conducts a business or farm operation,for the program or project.
(3) "Farm operation" means any activity conducted solely orprimarily for the production of one or more agricultural products orcommodities, including timber, for sale or home use, and customarily producingthose products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable ofcontributing materially to the operator's support.
(4) "Nonprofit organization" means any nonbusinesscorporation duly organized under chapter 6 of title 7.
(5) "Person" means any individual partnership, corporation,or association.
(6) "Relocation agency" means any agency, state or local,receiving federal assistance to carry out a relocation program.