“Project” means:

1. Any land, building or other improvement and all real and personal properties necessary in connection therewith, excluding inventories, raw materials and working capital, whether or not in existence, suitable for new construction, improvement, rehabilitation or redevelopment for:

(a) Industrial uses, including assembling, fabricating, manufacturing, processing or warehousing;

(b) Research and development relating to commerce or industry, including professional, administrative and scientific offices and laboratories;

(c) Commercial enterprises;

(d) Civic and cultural enterprises open to the general public, including theaters, museums and exhibitions, together with buildings and other structures, machinery, equipment, facilities and appurtenances thereto which the Director deems useful or desirable in connection with the conduct of any such enterprise;

(e) An educational institution operated by a nonprofit organization not otherwise directly funded by the State which is accredited by a nationally recognized educational accrediting association;

(f) Health and care facilities and supplemental facilities for health and care;

(g) The purposes of a corporation for public benefit; or

(h) A renewable energy generation project.

2. Any real or personal property appropriate for addition to a hotel, motel, apartment building, casino or office building to protect it or its occupants from fire.

3. The preservation of a historic structure or its restoration for its original or another use, if the plan has been approved by the Office of Historic Preservation of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 1626; A 1985, 2175; 1993, 1569; 1997, 497; 2001, 939, 3256; 2011, 2972)