§ 42-75.2-3. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Acquisition� means acquisition by purchase, lease, or commission.
(2) "Architect� means any person or firm retained to design, or prepare plans or specifications
for any part of the public construction project, including, but not limited to, landscape,
interior, electrical, plumbing, heating, utility, engineering, or fixture design.
(3) "Art, artwork, or works of art� means frescoes, mosaics, sculpture, drawings, paintings,
photography, calligraphy, graphic art, stained glass, wall hangings, tapestries, fountains,
ornamental gateways, monuments, displays, architectural embellishments, crafts, architectural
landscaping, landscape gardening, or any work of mixed media by a professional artist,
artisan, or craftsperson.
(4) "Artist� means any practitioner generally recognized by the practitioner's peers or
by critics as a professional who produces works of art. This definition does not include
the architect of the subject public building under construction or any member of that
architect's firm.
(5) "Capital construction and construction costs� means costs expended for the actual
construction of a given state building or facility, including the costs for remodeling,
renovation, or reconstruction.
(6) "Construction� means original construction, remodeling, renovation, or reconstruction.
(7) "Council� means the Rhode Island state council on the arts.
(8) "Representative of the community� means a person, or representative of a group or
groups, which would be reasonably expected to utilize the building or facility.
(9) "State agency or department� means the agency of state government to which funds have
been appropriated or allocated for the construction, remodeling, reconstruction or
renovation of any public building or other public facility.
(10) "State building, public building, state facility or public facility� means any permanent
structure together with all grounds and appurtenant structures which are intended
to act as offices, laboratories, workshops, courtrooms, hearing or meeting rooms,
storage, or other space for carrying on the functions of a state agency, auditoriums,
meeting rooms, classrooms, or other educational facilities, eating, sleeping, medical,
dental, library, museum space for use by the general public or a facility used to
house conventions, trade shows, exhibitions, displays, meetings, banquets, and other
events as well as facilities related thereto. This definition does not include: public
highways, bridges, sewers, fishponds, fish hatcheries, prisons, service facilities
at state parks and highway rest areas, or separate buildings not part of a larger
construction project, which are intended solely as storage, warehouse, or maintenance
and repair facilities.
(11) "User� means the designated person, agency, department, or entity having principal
administrative responsibility for the actual utilization of a proposed state facility.