Maryland Statutes
Part III - Relocation Expenses
Section 17-113 - Definitions

(a)    In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.
    (b)    (1)    “Business” means a lawful activity conducted primarily:
            (i)    for the purchase, sale, lease, or rental of property;
            (ii)    for the manufacture, processing, or marketing of products or other personal property;
            (iii)    for the sale of services to the public; or
            (iv)    by a nonprofit organization.
        (2)    “Business” does not include a farm operation.
    (c)    “Displaced”, with respect to a person, means moving from real property, or moving the person’s personal property from real property:
        (1)    wholly or partly as a result of the Commission’s acquisition of the real property; or
        (2)    as the result of a written order of the Commission to vacate the real property for a public works program or project the Commission undertakes.
    (d)    “Farm operation” means an activity that:
        (1)    is conducted primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products, including timber, for sale or home use; and
        (2)    customarily produces those products in sufficient quantity to be able to contribute materially to the operator’s income.
    (e)    “Relocation payment” means a payment the Commission makes to a displaced person in accordance with this part.

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