§ 42. Definitions

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, as used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Addition" means any new construction that increases the height or floor area of an existing building or facility.

(2) "Contracting agency" means the administrative unit of State government responsible for securing the preparation of plans and specifications of a State building or facility for the purpose of negotiating or advertising for bids for the construction of such building or facility.

(3) "Council" means the Vermont Council on the Arts, Inc.

(4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services.

(5) "Occupant agency" means that public entity that has or will have principal authority to use or occupy a public building.

(6) "Mixed media" means any combination of two or more types of materials used to create a single work of art in two or three dimensions.

(7) "Project cost" means the budgeted cost of a construction or renovation project, excluding the cost of design and of land acquisition or land improvement.

(8) "State building or facility" means any State building, facility, permanent structure, park, or appurtenant structure thereof, wholly or partially enclosed, owned or leased by State government, the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, or Vermont State Colleges, that is to be constructed or renovated in part or totally with funds from any appropriation of the General Assembly. The term does not include highways, airport runways, or taxi ways, hangars, railroad tracks, sidings or yards, garages, sheds, warehouses, heating plants, sewers, parking lots and parking garages, bridges, highway garages, correctional facilities, or buildings used for storage or that are of a temporary nature. The term does not include buildings or facilities owned by units of local government, including school districts.

(9) "Project site" means any State building or facility undergoing new construction or renovation with a total project cost of $1,000,000.00 or more that has been approved for consideration by the Commissioner pursuant to this chapter.

(10) "Renovation" means any improvement to an existing building or facility, without increasing the height or floor area of the building or facility. The term does not include repairs or maintenance to an existing building or facility.

(11) "Works of art" means an original creation of visual art in sculpture, paintings, graphic arts, mosaics, photography, crafts, calligraphy, mixed media, or any other creation that the advisory committee deems a visual art. (Added 1987, No. 267 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1997, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 48, eff. April 29, 1998.)