Texas Education Code - Section 44.0315. Definitions
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§ 44.0315. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Architect" means an individual registered as an
architect under Chapter 1051, Occupations Code.
(2) "Contractor" in the context of a contract for the
construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility
means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other
legal entity that assumes the risk for constructing,
rehabilitating, altering, or repairing all or part of the facility
at the contracted price.
(3) "Engineer" means an individual licensed as an
engineer under Chapter 1001, Occupations Code.
(4) "Facility" means real property, including
buildings and associated structures and improved or unimproved
land. The term does not include:
(A) highways, roads, streets, bridges,
utilities, water supply projects, water plants, wastewater plants,
water and wastewater distribution or conveyance facilities,
wharves, docks, airport runways and taxiways, drainage projects, or
related types of projects associated with civil engineering
construction; or
(B) buildings or structures that are incidental
to projects that are primarily civil engineering construction
projects.
(5) "Fee" in the context of a contract for the
construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a facility
means the payment a construction manager receives for its overhead
and profit in performing its services.
(6) "General conditions" in the context of a contract
for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of a
facility means on-site management, administrative personnel,
insurance, bonds, equipment, utilities, and incidental work,
including minor field labor and materials.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1179, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1409, § 10, eff. Sept. 1,
2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, § 14A.756, eff. Sept. 1,
2003.
Section: 44.008 44.009 44.010 44.011 44.031 44.0311 44.0312 44.0315 44.032 44.034 44.035 44.036 44.037 44.038
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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