As used in Sections 1701 through 1707 of this title:

1. "Contractor" includes all prime and general contractors, subcontractors, independent contractors and persons engaged in contract labor who through negotiations or competititve bidding enter into contracts to furnish labor, materials or both and the required equipment to perform the contract for a fixed price and who in pursuit of independent business undertake a job in whole or in part retaining substantial control of the method and manner of accomplishing the desired result and means any person, firm, joint venture, partnership, copartnership, association, corporation, or other organization engaged in the business of the construction, alteration, repairing, dismantling,or demolition of roads, bridges, viaducts, sewers, water and gas mains, streets,disposal plants, water filters, tanks, towers, airports, buildings, dams, levees, canals, railways and rail facilities, oil and gas wells, water wells, pipelines, refineries, industrial or processing plants, chemical plants, power plants, electric or telephone or any other type of energy or message transmission lines or equipment, or any other type of construction excluding family farm operations. The term contractor shall not include the state or any agency, institution, or political subdivision of the state or any duly constituted authority of a political subdivision;

2. "Resident contractor" means a contractor who maintains his principal place of business in this state or a multi state employer who maintains a permanent work force of three or more employees in this state;

3. "Nonresident contractor" means a contractor who maintains his principal place of business outside this state or a multi state employer who does not maintain a permanent work force of three or more employees in this state.

Amended by Laws 1984, c. 213, § 1, operative July 1, 1984.