For purposes of the Urban Gardens Grant Act:

1. 1. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
2. 2. "Food desert" means a census tract that is designated as both a low-income area and a low access area;

3. 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:

   a one (1) mile from a supermarket or large grocery store in urban areas, and

4. b. ten (10) miles from a supermarket or large grocery store in rural areas;
5. 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.

Laws 2017, SB 749, c. 188, § 2, eff. November 1, 2017.