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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 15.01.20.02" title_num="15" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="20" heading="Definitions.">
  <text>A In this chapter, the following terms have the meaning indicated.</text>
  <text>B Terms Defined.</text>
  <paragraph num="(1)">
    <text>“Department” means Maryland Department of Agriculture.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="(2)">
    <text>“Eligible cost” means a cost that the Department determines is necessary for the purchase and installation of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(a)">
      <text>Water meters;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(b)">
      <text>Water pipes;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(c)">
      <text>Irrigation hoses;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(d)">
      <text>Electric meters;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(e)">
      <text>Electric lines; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(f)">
      <text>Any other equipment associated with water supply and irrigation or electric power access that may be required to provide water or electrical power to operation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="(3)">
    <text>“Farm product” means:</text>
    <paragraph num="(a)">
      <text>Any agricultural, horticultural, vegetable, or fruit product of the soil, whether raw or canned, frozen, dried, pickled, or otherwise processed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(b)">
      <text>Livestock, meats, marine food products, poultry, eggs, or dairy products;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(c)">
      <text>Wool, hides, feathers, nuts, or honey; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(d)">
      <text>Any product of farm, forest, orchard, garden, or water.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="(4)">
    <text>“Program” means the Urban Agriculture Water and Power Infrastructure Grant Program.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="(5)">
    <text>“Project” means the installation of equipment associated with water supply and irrigation or electric power access to provide water or electrical power to a farm or community garden in an urban area.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="(6)">
    <text>“Qualified nonprofit organization” means a nonprofit organization that is organized and operated exclusively for exempt purposes under §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and operates a farm or community garden in an urban area.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="(7)">
    <text>“Urban agricultural producer” means any person that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(a)">
      <text>Annually produces farm products in an urban area; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(b)">
      <text>Sells, plans to sell, or normally would have sold at least $1,000 annually of farm products produced from a farming operation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="(8)">
    <text>“Urban area” means an area of the State delineated as an urban area by the U.S. Census Bureau set forth in “Urban Area Criteria for the 2020 Census—Final Criteria”, at 87 Federal Register 16706 (March 24, 2022).</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>