Rhode Island General Laws Title 45. Towns and Cities § 45-31.2-2. Definitions

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

(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.