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Texas Government Code - Section 2166.2511. Definitions

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§ 2166.2511. 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 a 
project 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 project 
at the contracted price.
		(3)  "Engineer" means an individual licensed as an 
engineer under Chapter 1001, Occupations Code.
		(4)  "Facility" means buildings or structures the 
design and construction of which is governed by accepted building 
codes.  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 a project 
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 a project means on-site management, administrative personnel, 
insurance, bonds, equipment, utilities, and incidental work, 
including minor field labor and materials.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, § 9.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, § 14A.780, eff. 
Sept. 1, 2003.

Last modified: August 11, 2007