Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 38 > Chapter 10 > Part VII - Selection of Professional Services for Public Contracts

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Agency: means the state of Louisiana or any board, commission, department, corporation, institution, or other agency of the state which may require capital outlay projects for the construction of or additions, renovations, and restorations, or any of them, to buildings, plants, and related facilities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2310
• Architect: means any architect holding a certificate of registration and a license under the laws of the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2310
• Boards: means the professional services selection boards created under the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2310
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• contract: means any contract awarded by any public entity for the making of any public works or for the purchase of any materials or supplies. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2211
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Engineer: means any engineer registered under the laws of the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2310
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Landscape architect: means any landscape architect registered under the laws of the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2310
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Person: means any architect, engineer, or landscape architect. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2310
• Prime professional: means the architect, landscape architect or engineer with whom the state may sign a contract for professional design services, who shall have the primary responsibility under the contract for the total professional services to be performed in connection with a capital outlay project. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2310
• Professional services: means those services performed by an architect, engineer, or landscape architect. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2310
• Public entity: means and includes the state of Louisiana, or any agency, board, commission, department, or public corporation of the state, created by the constitution or statute or pursuant thereto, or any political subdivision of the state, including but not limited to any political subdivision as defined in Article VI Section 44 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and any public housing authority, public school board, or any public officer whether or not an officer of a public corporation or political subdivision. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2211
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Supplemental professional services: means any service in addition to the prime professional service in connection with the capital outlay project which the prime professional may be required to provide. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2310
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• User agency: means the state agency, department, or institution undertaking a specific project. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 38:2310