For 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:
aone (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.
Added by Laws 2017, c. 188, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
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