Oklahoma § 61-61 - Definitions

§ 61-61. Definitions

As used in Sections 61 through 65 of this title:

1. "Chief administrative officer" means an individual

responsible for directing the administration of a state agency. The

term does not mean one or all of the individuals that make policy

for a state agency;

2. "Construction manager" means an individual, firm,

corporation, association, partnership, copartnership, or any other

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legal entity on the Office of Management and Enterprise Services

Construction and Properties (OMES-CAP) registration list and

possessing the qualifications to provide services of construction

management which include, but are not necessarily limited to, design

review, scheduling, cost control, value engineering,

constructability evaluation, preparation and coordination of bid

packages, and construction administration;

3. "Consultant" means an individual or legal entity possessing

the qualifications to provide licensed architectural, registered

engineering, or registered land surveying services or other

individuals or legal entities possessing specialized credentials and

qualifications as may be needed to evaluate, plan or design and/or

provide construction administration and/or construction inspection

services for any construction or a public work improvement project;

4. "Director" means the Director of the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services or a designee;

5. "Office" means the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services;

6. "Project" means studies, evaluations, plans or designs for

facility evaluations or public work improvements, except the

transportation facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department

of Transportation or the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority:

a.

to construct, renovate, alter, repair, maintain, or

improve real property or fixtures of real property,

and

b.

that does not constitute "construction" as defined by

the Public Building Construction and Planning Act;

7. "State agency" means an agency, office, officer, bureau,

board, counsel, court, commission, institution, unit, division, body

or house of the executive or judicial branches of state government,

whether elected or appointed, excluding only political subdivisions

of the state, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and

its constituent institutions and the Commissioners of the Land

Office; and

8. "Political subdivision" means any local governmental body

formed pursuant to the laws of this state, including, but not

limited to, school districts, career technology centers, cities,

counties, public trusts, public authorities, commissions or other

local governmental bodies exercising their authority to contract

with construction managers and/or consultants. The term also means

any quasi-governmental and nongovernmental organizations contracting

with construction managers and/or consultants using public funds or

on behalf of a political subdivision.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 156, § 1. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 346, § 1,

eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Laws 1983, c. 304, § 47, eff. July 1, 1985; Laws

2000, c. 363, § 3, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 399, § 2,

emerg. eff. June 4, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 294, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2002;

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Laws 2006, c. 271, § 6, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 306;

Laws 2013, c. 302, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2016, c. 71, § 2;

Laws 2019, c. 299, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020; Laws 2022, c. 238, § 7,

eff. Nov. 1, 2022.