As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture;
(2) County agent includes county extension agents and any other agent of the department of agriculture;
(3) Department means the department of agriculture;
(4) Elderly persons of low income means persons having reached sixty-five (65) years of age or over, whose annual income is less than the amount necessary to enable them to maintain a decent standard of living, except that where there exists a surplus of land appropriate for garden use, the age requirement may be reduced by the commissioner to sixty-two (62) years of age; provided, that the oldest of the applicants between sixty-two (62) and sixty-five (65) years of age is given preference;
(5) Families of low income means families or persons whose gross annual income is less than or equal to the poverty guidelines published annually in the Federal Register by the United States department of health and human services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 9902(2);
(6) Garden means a piece of land appropriate for the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers or vegetables;
(7) Use means, when applied to gardening, to make use of, without conveyance of title or any other ownership; and
(8) Vacant public land means any land owned by the state of Tennessee, or participating counties and municipalities, that is not in use for public purpose.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture;
(2) County agent includes county extension agents and any other agent of the department of agriculture;
(3) Department means the department of agriculture;
(4) Elderly persons of low income means persons having reached sixty-five (65) years of age or over, whose annual income is less than the amount necessary to enable them to maintain a decent standard of living, except that where there exists a surplus of land appropriate for garden use, the age requirement may be reduced by the commissioner to sixty-two (62) years of age; provided, that the oldest of the applicants between sixty-two (62) and sixty-five (65) years of age is given preference;
(5) Families of low income means families or persons whose gross annual income is less than or equal to the poverty guidelines published annually in the Federal Register by the United States department of health and human services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 9902(2);
(6) Garden means a piece of land appropriate for the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers or vegetables;
(7) Use means, when applied to gardening, to make use of, without conveyance of title or any other ownership; and
(8) Vacant public land means any land owned by the state of Tennessee, or participating counties and municipalities, that is not in use for public purpose.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture;
(2) County agent includes county extension agents and any other agent of the department of agriculture;
(3) Department means the department of agriculture;
(4) Elderly persons of low income means persons having reached sixty-five (65) years of age or over, whose annual income is less than the amount necessary to enable them to maintain a decent standard of living, except that where there exists a surplus of land appropriate for garden use, the age requirement may be reduced by the commissioner to sixty-two (62) years of age; provided, that the oldest of the applicants between sixty-two (62) and sixty-five (65) years of age is given preference;
(5) Families of low income means families or persons whose gross annual income is less than or equal to the poverty guidelines published annually in the Federal Register by the United States department of health and human services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 9902(2);
(6) Garden means a piece of land appropriate for the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers or vegetables;
(7) Use means, when applied to gardening, to make use of, without conveyance of title or any other ownership; and
(8) Vacant public land means any land owned by the state of Tennessee, or participating counties and municipalities, that is not in use for public purpose.
