Guam § 17102 - Definitions.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 17102 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17102. Definitions.
As used in this Chapter:
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(a) Agency means any department, agency or instrumentality of the
government.
(b) Person means any individual, partnership, corporation, or
association.
(c) Displaced Person means any person who, on or after the effective
date of this Chapter, moves from real property, or moves his personal
property from real property, as a result of the acquisition of such real
property, in whole or in part, or as a result of the written order of the
acquiring agency to vacate real property, for a program or project
undertaken by an agency; and solely for the purposes of § 17103(a) and (b)
and § 17106 of this Chapter, as a result of the acquisition of or as the result
of the written order of the acquiring agency to vacate other real property, on
which such person conducts a business or farm operation, for such program
or project.
(d) Nonprofit Organization means a nonprofit organization as defined
in '501 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
(e) Business means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation,
conducted primarily:
(1) for the purchase, sale, lease and rental of personal and real
property, and for manufacture, processing, or marketing of products,
commodities, or any other personal property;
(2) for the sale of services to the public;
(3) by a nonprofit organization; or
(4) solely for the purposes of § 17103(a) of this Chapter, for
assisting in the purchase, sale, resale, manufacture, processing, or
marketing of products, commodities, personal property, or services by
the erection and maintenance of an outdoor advertising display or
displays, whether or not such display or displays are located on the
premises on which any of the above activities are conducted.
(f) Farm Operation means any activity conducted solely or primarily
for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities,
including timber, for sale or home use, and customarily producing such
products or commodities, in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing
materially to the operator's support.
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