KRS 45.560: Definitions.

As used in KRS 45.570 to 45.640, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Contract" means any binding legal relationship between the Commonwealth of

Kentucky and a contractor for supplies and services, including construction, or for

the use of Commonwea lth property, in which the parties, respectively, do not stand

in the relationship of employer and employee;

(2) "Contractor" means any prime contractor holding a contract with the

Commonwealth of Kentucky government, and shall include subcontractors when

the context so indicates;

(3) "Contracting agency" means the person or persons, board, commission, court,

council, governing body, employee, or official which is authorized by law to

purchase or contract for supplies, materials, services, or equipment for the state;

(4) "Subcontractor" means any person, including a corporation, partnership, or business

association of any kind, who holds an agreement or purchase order to perform all or

any part of the work or to make or furnish any article or service require d for the

performance of a negotiated contract or of a subcontract entered thereunder;

(5) "Cabinet" means the Finance and Administration Cabinet; and

(6) "Equal employment opportunity job categories" means the major employment

classifications described by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission.