§ 37-2.1-5 — § 37-2.1-5. Definitions.

Rhode Island § 37-2.1-5

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 37: Public Property and Works
• Ch. 37-2.1: Domestic Steel

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§ 37-2.1-5. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:

(1) "Person� means natural persons as well as corporations, partnerships, business units, and associations;

(2) "Public agency� means any and all other public bodies, authorities, officers, agencies, or instrumentalities, whether exercising a governmental or proprietary function;

(i) The state and its departments, boards, commissions and agencies;

(ii) Cities, towns, school districts, and any other governmental unit or district; or

(iii) Any and all other public bodies, authorities, officers, agencies, or instrumentalities, whether exercising a governmental or proprietary function;

(3) "Public works� means steel to construct, frame or reinforce any public structure, building, highway, waterway, street, bridge, transit system, airport, or other betterment, work, or improvement, whether of a permanent or temporary nature, and whether for governmental or proprietary use;

(4) "Steel products� means products rolled, formed, shaped, drawn, extruded, forged, cast, fabricated, or otherwise similarly processed, or processed by a combination of two or more of these operations, from steel made in the United States by the open hearth, basic oxygen, electric furnace, Bessemer, or other steel making process; and

(5) "United States� means the United States of America and includes all territory, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

Legislative History

P.L. 1979, ch. 299, § 1.