§ 45-32.1-6. Definitions.
The following terms wherever used or referred to in this chapter have the following
meanings unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context:
(1) "Community� means any city or town in this state.
(2) "Development plan� means a plan for the redevelopment or renewal of an area, including
acquisition of land, buildings, and structures to be redeveloped or rehabilitated
for educational or hospital use and demolition of buildings and structures, which:
(i) Shall conform to the general plan of the community as a whole, and
(ii) Shall conform to the requirements of the "Redevelopment Act of 1956,� chapters 31
— 33 of this title, with respect to the contents of the redevelopment plan.
(3) "Educational institution of higher learning� means any public or private educational
institution, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private
shareholder or individual which
(i) Provides an educational program for which it awards a baccalaureate degree, or provides
for not less than a two (2) year program which is acceptable for full credit towards
a degree, or is a graduate or professional school, and
(ii) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association or, if
not so accredited, is an institution whose credits are accepted, on transfer, by not
less than three (3) accredited educational institutions for credit on the same basis
as if transferred from an institution so accredited.
(4) "Educational uses� means those uses related to the functions of teaching or research,
or the housing, feeding, and care of students and faculty, or otherwise intended for
the primary benefit of students and faculty.
(5) "Hospital� means any public or private hospital licensed by the state, no part of
the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(6) "Hospital uses� means those uses related to the functions of a hospital in providing
care and treatment of the ill or injured, including the housing, feeding, and care
of resident interns, physicians, and nurses.
(7) "Legislative body� means the city council or town council.
(8) "Private redevelopment corporation� means
(i) Any corporation which is wholly owned or controlled by one or more educational institutions
of higher learning or hospitals, or which has been constituted as an instrumentality
of the institutions or hospitals; or
(ii) A corporation which operates on a nonprofit basis in behalf of a hospital or an educational
institution.
(9) "Redevelopment agency� means the public body or agency authorized by the "Redevelopment
Act of 1956,â€� chapters 31 — 33 of this title, to undertake and carry out redevelopment
projects.
(10) "Redevelopment plan� means a redevelopment plan prepared and approved in accordance
with the provisions of the "Redevelopment Act of 1956,â€� chapters 31 — 33 of this title.
(11) "Redevelopment project� means any work or undertaking of a redevelopment agency pursuant
to chapters 31 — 33 of this title.
(12) "State public body� means the state, or any city or town or any other subdivision
or public body of the state or of any city or town.