§ 42-75.2-3. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter:

(1) "Acquisition" means acquisition by purchase, lease, or commission.

(2) "Architect" means any person or firm retained to design, or prepare plans or specifications for any part of the public construction project, including, but not limited to, landscape, interior, electrical, plumbing, heating, utility, engineering, or fixture design.

(3) "Art, artwork, or works of art" means frescoes, mosaics, sculpture, drawings, paintings, photography, calligraphy, graphic art, stained glass, wall hangings, tapestries, fountains, ornamental gateways, monuments, displays, architectural embellishments, crafts, architectural landscaping, landscape gardening, or any work of mixed media by a professional artist, artisan, or craftsperson.

(4) "Artist" means any practitioner generally recognized by his or her peers or by critics as a professional who produces works of art. This definition does not include the architect of the subject public building under construction or any member of that architect's firm.

(5) "Capital construction and construction costs" means costs expended for the actual construction of a given state building or facility, including the costs for remodeling, renovation, or reconstruction.

(6) "Construction" means original construction, remodeling, renovation, or reconstruction.

(7) "Council" means the Rhode Island state council on the arts.

(8) "Representative of the community" means a person, or representative of a group or groups, which would be reasonably expected to utilize the building or facility.

(9) "State agency or department" means the agency of state government to which funds have been appropriated or allocated for the construction, remodeling, reconstruction or renovation of any public building or other public facility.

(10) "State building, public building, state facility or public facility" means any permanent structure together with all grounds and appurtenant structures which are intended to act as offices, laboratories, workshops, courtrooms, hearing or meeting rooms, storage, or other space for carrying on the functions of a state agency, auditoriums, meeting rooms, classrooms, or other educational facilities, eating, sleeping, medical, dental, library, museum space for use by the general public or a facility used to house conventions, trade shows, exhibitions, displays, meetings, banquets, and other events as well as facilities related thereto. This definition does not include: public highways, bridges, sewers, fishponds, fish hatcheries, prisons, service facilities at state parks and highway rest areas, or separate buildings not part of a larger construction project, which are intended solely as storage, warehouse, or maintenance and repair facilities.

(11) "User" means the designated person, agency, department, or entity having principal administrative responsibility for the actual utilization of a proposed state facility.

History of Section. (P.L. 1987, ch. 339, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 110, § 2.)