Section 5-121 - DefinitionsFor purposes of the Urban Gardens Grant Act:
1. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;2. "Food desert" means a census tract that is designated as both a low-income area and a low access area;3. "Low access area" means a census tract, as reported in the most recent decennial census published by the United States Bureau of the Census, where at least 500 persons or 33 percent (33%) of their population live more than: a one (1) mile from a supermarket or large grocery store in urban areas, and b. ten (10) miles from a supermarket or large grocery store in rural areas;4. "Low-income area" means a census tract, as reported in the most recent decennial census published by the United States Bureau of the Census, where at least 20 percent (20%) of the people have income at or below the federal poverty levels for family size, or where median family income for the tract is at or below 80 percent (80%) of the surrounding area's median family income.Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 5-121
Added by Laws 2017 , c. 188, s. 2, eff. 11/1/2017.