Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 2253.001. Definitions

(1) “Governmental entity” means a governmental or quasi-governmental authority authorized by state law to make a public work contract, including:

(2) “Payment bond beneficiary” means a person for whose protection and use this chapter requires a payment bond.

(3) “Prime contractor” means a person, firm, or corporation that makes a public work contract with a governmental entity.

(4) “Public work contract” means a contract for constructing, altering, or repairing a public building or carrying out or completing any public work.

(5) “Public work labor” means labor used directly to carry out a public work.

(6) “Public work material” means:

(7) “Retainage” means the part of the payments under a public work contract that are not required to be paid within the month after the month in which the public work labor is performed or public work material is delivered under the contract.

(8) “Specially fabricated material” means material ordered by a prime contractor or subcontractor that is:

(9) “Subcontractor” means a person, firm, or corporation that provides public work labor or material to fulfill an obligation to a prime contractor or to a subcontractor for the performance and installation of any of the work required by a public work contract.