{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-37-2.1-5","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 37-2.1-5","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:\n(1) “Person” means natural persons as well as corporations, partnerships, business units, and associations;\n(2) “Public agency” means any and all other public bodies, authorities, officers, agencies, or instrumentalities, whether exercising a governmental or proprietary function;\n(i) The state and its departments, boards, commissions and agencies;\n(ii) Cities, towns, school districts, and any other governmental unit or district; or\n(iii) Any and all other public bodies, authorities, officers, agencies, or instrumentalities, whether exercising a governmental or proprietary function;\n(3) “Public works” means steel to construct, frame or reinforce any public structure, building, highway, waterway, street, bridge, transit system, airport, or other betterment, work, or improvement, whether of a permanent or temporary nature, and whether for governmental or proprietary use;\n(4) “Steel products” means products rolled, formed, shaped, drawn, extruded, forged, cast, fabricated, or otherwise similarly processed, or processed by a combination of two or more of these operations, from steel made in the United States by the open hearth, basic oxygen, electric furnace, Bessemer, or other steel making process; and\n(5) “United States” means the United States of America and includes all territory, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.","path":["Title 37 Public Property and Works","Chapter 2.1 Domestic Steel"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE37/37-2.1/37-2.1-5.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:06Z","sha256":"131ee9151d2cff31b90ad7adf8122b4c59f14371f7e953b7a0437e6827d4be5c","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-37-2.1-4","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-37-2.2-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}