Louisiana § RS 39:2202 - Definitions
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§ RS 39:2202. Definitions
As used in this Chapter the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Agency" means the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
(2) "Contract" or "public contract" means all types of state agreements, regardless of what they may be called, for services, major repairs, or for the making of any public work funded by monies received by the agency or a political subdivision from the Federal Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011, hereinafter referred to as "RESTORE", or as a result of any settlement related to the explosion on, and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, or the Comprehensive Master Plan for Coastal Protection. The term "contract" shall include awards and notices of award; contracts of a fixed-price, cost, cost plus a fixed-fee, or incentive type contracts; contracts providing for the issuance of job or task orders; leases; letter contracts; and purchase orders. Supplemental agreements with respect to any of the foregoing contracts shall also be considered a "contract" for purposes of this Chapter.
(3) "Contractor" means any person who has a contract with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority or a political subdivision to perform a public work as defined in this Chapter.
(4) "Data" means recorded information, regardless of form or characteristic.
(5) "Director" means the executive director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.
(6) "Public work" means the erection, construction, alteration, improvement, or repair of any public facility or immovable property owned, used, or leased by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority or a political subdivision which project is funded entirely or partially by monies received through the Federal Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011, or as a result of any settlement related to the explosion on, and sinking of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, or the Comprehensive Master Plan for Coastal Protection.
Acts 2012, No. 414, §1; Acts 2016, No. 430, §5.
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