Maine § 27 §452 Definitions

Maine Statutes

§ 27 §452 — Definitions

Maine·Title 27 LIBRARIES, HISTORY, CULTURE AND ART·Ch. 16 THE PERCENT FOR ART ACT

As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings.

1.Architect. "Architect" means the person or firm retained by the contracting agency to design the project to which the 1% provision of this chapter applies.

2.Artist. "Artist" means a practitioner in the arts, generally recognized as a professional by critics and peers, who produces works of art and who is not the architect or an employee of the architectural firm retained by the contracting agency.

3.Commission. "Commission" means the Maine Arts Commission. 3-A. Construction. "Construction" means the construction or renovation of a public building or public facility, the cost of which is at least $100,000, but does not include repairs or minor alterations. In its rul

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As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings.
1.
Architect.
"Architect" means the person or firm retained by the contracting agency to design the project to which the 1% provision of this chapter applies.
2.
Artist.
"Artist" means a practitioner in the arts, generally recognized as a professional by critics and peers, who produces works of art and who is not the architect or an employee of the architectural firm retained by the contracting agency.
3.
Commission.
"Commission" means the Maine Arts Commission.
3-A.
Construction.
"Construction" means the construction or renovation of a public building or public facility, the cost of which is at least $100,000, but does not include repairs or minor alterations. In its rulemaking and decisions regarding construction projects governed by this Act, the commission is guided by the determinations of the Director of the Bureau of General Services.
4.
Contracting agency.
5.
Public building or public facility.
"Public building" or "public facility" means any building or facility which is to be constructed in part or totally with funds from any source appropriated or allocated by the Legislature, including any school construction project approved for state funding by the State Board of Education, and which is intended for the use of the general public.
5-A.
School construction project.
"School construction project" means a project as defined in Title 20-A, section 15901, subsection 4.
6.
Works of art.
"Works of art" means any of the following original creations of art: