Okla. Stat. tit. 61, § 61-222: Definitions

As used in the Fair Pay for Construction Act:

1. “Construction contract” means a written contract or

subcontract awarded by an owner or contracting entity for the

purpose of making any public improvements or constructing any public

building or making repairs to or performing maintenance on the same;

2. “Material supplier” means any entity that supplies

materials, services, or equipment to be used in conjunction with the

performance of work on a construction contract;

3. “Prime contractor” means any entity that has a direct

contract with an owner to perform work under a construction

contract;

4. “Owner” means any state government entity, municipality,

township, public trust or an instrumentality of a state government

entity, municipality, township or public trust in this state, or any

entity designated by the owner to act on the owner’s behalf, that

requests work to be performed by a contractor under a construction

contract;

5. “Proper invoice” means a request for payment or partial

payment based on work performed on a construction contract;

6. “Retainage” means the difference between a gross proper

invoice amount on a construction contract and the amount paid on

said contract;

7. “Subcontractor” means any entity that has a direct contract

with a prime contractor to perform a portion of the work under a

construction contract; and

8. “Sub-subcontractor” means any entity that has a direct

contract with another subcontractor to perform a portion of the work

under a construction contract.