As used in Sections 61 through 65 of this title:

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. "Construction manager" means an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, copartnership, or any other legal entity on the Office of Management and Enterprise Services Construction and Properties (OMES-CAP) registration list and 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. "Consultant" means an individual or legal entity possessing the qualifications to provide licensed architectural, registered engineering, or registered land surveying services or other individuals or legal entities possessing specialized credentials and qualifications as may be needed to evaluate, plan or design and/or provide construction administration and/or construction inspection services for any construction or a public work improvement project;

4. "Director" means the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services;

5. "Department" means the Department of Real Estate Services of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services;

6. "Office" means the Office of Management and Enterprise Services;

7. "Project" means studies, evaluations, plans or designs for facility evaluations or public work improvements, except the transportation facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation or the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority:

a.to construct, renovate, alter, repair, maintain, or improve real property or fixtures of real property, and

b.that does not constitute "construction" as defined by the Public Building Construction and Planning Act;

8. "State agency" means an agency, office, officer, bureau, board, counsel, court, commission, institution, unit, division, body or house of the executive or judicial branches of state government, whether elected or appointed, excluding only political subdivisions of the state, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and its constituent institutions and the Commissioners of the Land Office;

9. "Facilities Director" or "SFD" means the State Facilities Director of the Department of Real Estate Services of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; and

10. "Political subdivision" means any local governmental body formed pursuant to the laws of this state, including, but not limited to, school districts, career technology centers, cities, counties, public trusts, public authorities, commissions or other local governmental bodies exercising their authority to contract with construction managers and/or consultants. The term also means any quasi-governmental and nongovernmental organizations contracting with construction managers and/or consultants using public funds or on behalf of a political subdivision.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 156, § 1. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 346, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 304, § 47, eff. July 1, 1985; Laws 2000, c. 363, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 399, § 2, emerg. eff. June 4, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 294, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2006, c. 271, § 6, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 306; Laws 2013, c. 302, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2016, c. 71, § 2; Laws 2019, c. 299, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.