§ 44A-25. Definitions. - North Carolina Statutes

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Model Payment andPerformance Bond.

§ 44A‑25.  Definitions.

Unless the context otherwiserequires in this Article:

(1)        "Claimant"includes any individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation entitledto maintain an action on a bond described in this Article and shall include the"contracting body" in a suit to enforce the performance bond.

(2)        "Constructioncontract" means any contract for the construction, reconstruction,alteration or repair of any public building or other public work or publicimprovement, including highways.

(3)        "Contractingbody" means any department, agency, or political subdivision of the Stateof North Carolina which has authority to enter into construction contracts.

(4)        "Contractor"means any person who has entered into a construction contract with acontracting body.

(5)        "Labor ormaterials" shall include all materials furnished or labor performed in theprosecution of the work called for by the construction contract regardless ofwhether or not the labor or materials enter into or become a component part ofthe public improvement, and further shall include gas, power, light, heat, oil,gasoline, telephone services and rental of equipment or the reasonable value ofthe use of equipment directly utilized in the performance of the work calledfor in the construction contract.

(6)        "Subcontractor"means any person who has contracted to furnish labor or materials to, or whohas performed labor for, a contractor or another subcontractor in connectionwith a construction contract. (1973, c. 1194, s. 1.)