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# O.C.G.A. § 50-8-190. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

(1) “Adjacent facility” means any facility adjoining a project that meets the requirements of a subparagraph of paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Code Section 50-8-191 which is not met by the project and that is the subject of a reciprocal use agreement executed by the project developer and the owner or operator of the adjacent facility.

(2) “Certification of compliance” means a determination by the commissioner that the project meets all criteria to be designated a REAP.

(3) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of community affairs.

(4) “Full-service restaurant” means a restaurant which regularly serves two or more meals on each day it is open for business and is open for business at least six days weekly.

(5) “Notice of noncompliance” means a notice from the commissioner that the Department of Community Affairs has determined that the project has failed to comply with all requirements for designation as a REAP.

(6) “Regional Economic Assistance Project” or “REAP” means a project, including any adjacent facility covered by a reciprocal use agreement, which meets the criteria specified in Code Section 50-8-191 and which receives a certification of compliance from the commissioner.

## History

Code 1981, § 50-8-190, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 1206, § 2.

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Regional economic assistance projects, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, § 110-20-1-.01 et seq.