§ 9-15-61 — Definitions

As used in the Military Base Planning and Impact Act: A. "commission" means the military base planning commission; B. "defense community" means a political subdivision, including a municipality, county or special district, that encompasses a portion of or is within a service area of a United States military base or defense facility; C. "defense worker" means: (1) an employee of the United States department of defense, including armed forces personnel and civilian workers; (2) an employee of a government agency or private business or organization providing a United States department-of-defense-related function who is employed at a military facility; (3) an employee of a business that directly provides services or products to the United States department of defense and whose job is directly dependent on defense expenditures; or (4) an employee of the United States department of energy or an employee or a contractor for the United States department of energy working at a defense or United States department of energy facility in support of a department-of-defense-related project; D. "defense worker job" means a permanent position authorized by the United States department of defense or a position held or occupied by one or more defense workers for more than twelve months; E. "department" means the economic development department; F. "fund" means the military base impact fund; G. "military facility" includes military bases and research and training facilities owned or operated or under contract by the United States department of defense; and H. "military office" means the office of military base planning and support.

Legislative History

1978 Comp., § 9-15-61, enacted by Laws 2025, ch. 99, § 2.