{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-81-12-153","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-12,153","heading":"Terms, defined.","body":"For purposes of the Business Innovation Act:\n(1) Department means the Department of Economic Development;\n(2) Economic redevelopment area means an area in the State of Nebraska in which:\n(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\n(b) The average poverty rate in the area is twenty percent or more for the federal census tract in the area;\n(3) Federal grant program means the federal Small Business Administration's Small Business Innovation Research grant program or Small Business Technology Transfer grant program;\n(4) Microenterprise means a for-profit business entity with not more than ten full-time equivalent employees;\n(5) Prototype means an original model on which something is patterned by a resident of Nebraska or a company located in Nebraska; and\n(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.","path":["Chapter 81 - STATE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=81-12,153","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"e30da73c91f18a00addadf6f8720337365cb99f592a1a0bc9e1b3340119ae865","source_id":"us-ne","stale":true,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-81-12-152","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-81-12-154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}