R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-31.2-2

Current through 2024 Public Law 457

Section 45-31.2-2 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) "Business" means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily:

(i) For the purchase, sale, lease, and rental of personal and real 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), for assisting in the purchase, sale, resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, personal property, or services by the erection and maintenance of an outdoor advertising display or displays, whether or not the display or displays are located on the premises on which any of those activities are conducted.

(2) "Displaced person" means any person who, on or after January 2, 1971, moves from real property, or moves his or her personal property from real property, as a result of the acquisition of that real property, in whole or in part, or as the result of the written order of the acquiring agency to vacate real property, for a program or project undertaken by 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 acquisition of or as the result of the written order of the acquiring agency to vacate other 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 or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or home use, and customarily producing those products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support.

(4) "Nonprofit organization" means any nonbusiness corporation 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.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-31.2-2

P.L. 1972, ch. 129, § 1.