Maine Revised Statutes Title 27. Libraries, History, Culture and Art § 452. Definitions

A. “Contracting agency” means the agency of State Government to which funds have been appropriated or allocated by the Legislature for the construction of any public building or other public facility. In the case of school construction projects, the contracting agency shall be the governance body of the school administrative unit.

B. “Contracting agency” does not include municipalities and special purpose quasi-municipal districts such as, but not limited to, sewer districts and water districts.

A. If only part or parts of the building or facility are for the use of the public, “public building” or “public facility” includes only that part or those parts designed for the use of the public. The method of cost allocation to the identifiable part or parts shall be determined by a generally accepted method of cost allocation, provided that the allocated cost for that part or those parts shall exceed $100,000.

B. “Public building” or “public facility” does not include highways, sheds, warehouses, buildings of a temporary nature.

C. A school construction project or any building or facility which is part of the project is subject to this Act only upon the affirmative vote of the school board of the school administrative unit.

A. Sculpture in any material or combination of materials;

B. Painting;

C. Graphic arts, printmaking and drawing;

D. Deleted.

E. Photography, video or electronic media;

F. Crafts in clay, fiber and textiles, wood, metal, plastics and other materials; and

G. Deleted.

H. Mixed or conceptual media, or any combination of forms or media, including collage.