As used in Sections 61 through 65 of this title:

1. 1. "Chief administrative officer" means an individual responsible for directing the administration of a state agency. The term does not mean one or all of the individuals that make policy for a state agency;
2. 2. "Construction manager" means an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, copartnership, or any other legal entity possessing the qualifications to provide services of construction management which include, but are not necessarily limited to, design review, scheduling, cost control, value engineering, constructability evaluation, preparation and coordination of bid packages, and construction administration;
3. 3. "Department" means the Department of Central Services;
4. 4. "Design consultant" means an individual or legal entity possessing the qualifications to provide licensed architectural, registered engineering, or registered land surveying services for a public work improvement project;
5. 5. "Director" means the Director of the Department of Central Services;
6. 6. "Division" means the Construction and Properties Division of the Department of Central Services;

7. 7. "Project" means plans or designs for a public work improvement:

   1. a. to construct, renovate, alter, repair, maintain, or improve real property or fixtures of real property, and
   2. b. that does not constitute "construction" as defined by the Public Building Construction and Planning Act;
8. 8. "State agency" means an office, officer, bureau, board, counsel, court, commission, institution, unit, division, or body of the executive or judicial branches of state government, whether elected or appointed, excluding only political subdivisions of the state.

Laws 1974, HB 1503, c. 156, § 1; Amended by Laws 1981, SB 327, c. 346, § 1, eff. January 1, 1982; Amended by Laws 1983, SB 305, c. 304, § 47, eff. January 1, 1984; Amended by Laws 2000, SB 1172, c. 363, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000 (superseded document available).