§ 45-30-2. Definitions.
The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter, have the following
respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(1) "Administration� means any and all undertakings necessary for management, operation,
or maintenance, in connection with any project, and includes the leasing of any project
(in whole or in part) from the federal government.
(2) "Development� means any and all undertakings necessary for the planning, land acquisition,
demolition, financing,
construction, or equipment in connection with a project (including the negotiation
or award of contracts), and includes the acquisition of any project (in whole or in
part) from the federal government.
(3) "Federal government� means the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality,
corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.
(4) "Housing authority� means any housing authority created or established or hereafter
created or established under the provisions of the Housing Authorities Law, chapters
25 — 27 of this title, or under the provisions of §§â€‚45-30-7 — 45-30-9.
(5) The development of a project is deemed to be "initiated� if a housing authority has
issued any bonds, notes, or other obligations with respect to financing the development
of that project of the housing authority, or has contracted with the federal government
with respect to the exercise of powers under this chapter in the development of that
project of the federal government.
(6) "National defense period� means the period, as determined by a housing authority (which
determination is conclusive in any suit, action, or proceeding), during which there
exists or impends in the locality an acute shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings
for persons engaged in national defense activities.
(7) "Persons engaged in national defense activities� include: persons in the military
service of the United States; employees of the Department of Defense; and workers
engaged or to be engaged in activities connected with and essential to national defense;
and the families of those persons who are living with them.