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Terms, defined.

For purposes of the Business Innovation Act:

(1) Department means the Department of Economic Development;

(2) Economic redevelopment area means an area in the State of Nebraska in which:

(a) The average rate of unemployment in the area during the period covered by the most recent federal decennial census or American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate by the United States Bureau of the Census is at least one hundred fifty percent of the average rate of unemployment in the state during the same period; and

(b) The average poverty rate in the area is twenty percent or more for the federal census tract in the area;

(3) Federal grant program means the federal Small Business Administration's Small Business Innovation Research grant program or Small Business Technology Transfer grant program;

(4) Microenterprise means a for-profit business entity with not more than ten full-time equivalent employees;

(5) Prototype means an original model on which something is patterned by a resident of Nebraska or a company located in Nebraska; and

(6) Value-added agriculture means increasing the net worth of food or nonfood agricultural products by processing, alternative production and handling methods, collective marketing, or other innovative practices.