Rhode Island General Laws 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.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 129, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-31.2-2
- 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 Rhode Island General Laws 45-31.2-2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-31.2-2
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Nonprofit organization: means any nonbusiness corporation duly organized under chapter 6 of Title 7. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-31.2-2
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means any individual partnership, corporation, or association. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-31.2-2
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Relocation agency: means any agency, state or local, receiving federal assistance to carry out a relocation program. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-31.2-2