48-2103 Terms, defined. - Nebraska Statutes

48-2103. Terms, defined.For purposes of the Contractor Registration Act:(1) Commissioner means the Commissioner of Labor;(2) Construction means work on real property and annexations,including new work, additions, alterations, reconstruction, installations,and repairs performed at one or more different sites which may be dispersedgeographically;(3) Contractor means an individual, firm, partnership, limited liabilitycompany, corporation, or other association of persons engaged in the businessof the construction, alteration, repairing, dismantling, or demolition ofbuildings, roads, bridges, viaducts, sewers, water and gas mains, streets,disposal plants, water filters, tanks and towers, airports, dams, levees andcanals, water wells, pipelines, transmission and power lines, and every othertype of structure, project, development, or improvement within the definitionof real property and personal property, including such construction, repairing,or alteration of such property to be held either for sale or rental. Contractoralso includes any subcontractor engaged in the business of such activitiesand any person who is providing or arranging for labor for such activities,either as an employee or as an independent contractor, for any contractoror person;(4) Department means the Departmentof Labor;(5) Nonresidentcontractor means a contractor who neither is domiciled in nor maintains apermanent place of business in this state or who, being so domiciled or maintainingsuch permanent place of residence, spends in the aggregate less than six monthsof the year in this state; and(6) Working days means Mondays through Fridaysbut does not include Saturdays, Sundays, or federal or state holidays. Incomputing fifteen working days, the day of receipt of any notice is not includedand the last day of the fifteen working days is included. SourceLaws 1994, LB 248, § 3; Laws 2008, LB204, § 2; Laws 2009, LB162, § 2.