Indiana § 5-16-10-1 - Definitions
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§ 5-16-10-1. Definitions
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) "Affiliate" means a parent, descendant, spouse, spouse of a descendant, brother, sister, spouse of a brother or sister, employee, director, officer, partner, limited liability company manager or member, joint venturer, a corporation subject to common control with the architect, engineer or construction manager, a shareholder or corporation who controls the architect, engineer or construction manager, or a corporation controlled by the architect, engineer, or construction manager.
(2) "Architect" means the person registered under IC 25-4-1.
(3) "Construction manager" means a person designated as a construction manager by contract who provides professional management services, which contribute to the control of time and the cost and quality of a public construction project, and who performs those services concurrent with architectural and engineering services rendered during the design and construction phases of a construction project.
(4) "Engineer" means the person registered under IC 25-31-1.
(5) "Person" means a natural person, a partnership, a limited liability company, or a corporation.
(6) "Public construction project" means the construction, remodeling, rehabilitation, or repair of any building or other facility of a unit of local government, whether the building or facility is owned by the unit or leased by the unit with an option to purchase under IC 36-1-10 or any other law. However, "public construction project" does not mean highway or bridge construction.
(7) "Unit of local government" includes any county, city, town, township, and any other political subdivision, commission, or agency created under law. However, the term does not include a school corporation or lessor corporation qualifying under IC 20-47-2 or IC 20-47-3.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.60, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.41, SEC.1; P.L.8-1993, SEC.67; P.L.25-1995, SEC.10; P.L.2-2006, SEC.31.
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