Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 027 - State Construction Department › Sub-Agency 0004 - State Building Commission › Chapter 1 - General Provisions and Administration › Section 1-4 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
The following definitions shall prevail in these
				  rules.
(a) "Agency" means any state
				office, department, board, council, commission, separate operating agency,
				institution, or other instrumentality or operating unit of the state unless
				that entity is specifically exempted from the jurisdiction and authority of the
				Commission per statute and rules adopted pursuant to statute in accordance with
				W.S.
				9-5-106(a) and
				9-5-106(c).
				Counties, cities, towns, and municipalities are not instrumentalities of the
				state for the purposes of these rules.
(b) "Alteration" means remodeling, improving,
				extending, or making other changes to a facility, including the movement of
				groups of personnel or state agencies between assigned office space, but
				excluding preventive maintenance repairs. The term includes planning,
				engineering, architectural work, and other similar actions.
(c) "A&I" means the State of Wyoming,
				Department of Administration and Information.
(d) "Business day" means any day other than
				Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in this state as designated in W.S.
				W.S.
				8-4-101;
(e) "Chairman" means the Governor of the
				State of Wyoming or, upon the Governor's designation, an alternate Commission
				member.
(f) "Construction
				Management" means the State of Wyoming, State Construction Department,
				Construction Management Division.
(g) "Commercial activity" means an activity
				undertaken for the primary purpose of producing a profit for the benefit of an
				individual or organization organized for profit. Activities incidental to the
				primary purpose of expressing ideas or advocating for or against causes are not
				commercial activities for purposes of these rules.
(h) "Commission" means the Wyoming State
				Building Commission.
(i) "Contract
				security officer" means a person hired to provide security in any public
				building and includes persons hired to provide security at events, but does not
				include such a person when he or she is off duty and is not actively working in
				his or her capacity as a contract security officer.
(j) "Cost replacement value" or "CRV" means
				the amount that an agency would have to pay to replace an asset at the present
				time, according to its current worth.
(k) "Current appraised value" means the value
				of State-owned real property as assessed by a professional real estate
				appraiser within twelve (12) months of the intended disposition of the real
				property.
(l) "Dangerous weapon"
				means all items described in W.S. §
									
										6-1-104(a)(iv) and any other
				implement or device capable of being used as a deadly weapon that has no
				reasonable use related to government business. Ordinary pocket knives not
				exceeding seven (7) inches in overall length when open are not considered a
				dangerous weapon under this rule.
(m) "Emergency" includes, but is not limited
				to, bombings and bomb threats, civil disturbances, fires, explosions,
				electrical failures, epidemics, loss of water pressure, chemical and gas leaks,
				medical emergencies, tornadoes, floods, winter storms, accidents, hail storms,
				and earthquakes.
(n) "Public Event"
				includes protests, picketing, speechmaking, marching, holding vigils or
				religious services, press conferences, historical reenactments, celebrations,
				entertainments, exhibitions, parades, fairs, pageants, sporting events, and all
				other similar activities that involve the communication or expression of views
				or ideas, that are engaged in by one or more persons, the conduct of which has
				the effect, intent, or propensity to draw a crowd or onlookers. "Public Event"
				also includes a temporarily attended or unattended display presented by members
				of the public, including, but not limited to, sculptures, photographs, public
				interest demonstratives, public service, and educational presentations, and
				historic displays. "Public Event" does not include casual use of State Capitol
				Properties by visitors or tourists, governmental use by State employees or
				elected officials acting in their official capacities, including members of the
				legislature, nor Primarily Personal Events such as weddings, funerals, private
				receptions, and birthday parties.
(o) "Fair market value" means the estimated
				price on the open market that a purchaser would be warranted in paying and a
				seller justified in accepting provided both parties were fully informed and
				acted intelligently, independently, and voluntarily.
(p) "General Services" means the State of
				Wyoming, Department of Administration and Information, General Services
				Division.
(q) "General Services
				Administrator" means the administrator of the General Services Division of the
				Department of Administration & Information.
(r) "General Services Purchasing Section"
				means the State of Wyoming, Department of Administration and Information,
				General Services Division, Purchasing Section.
(s) "Life cycle cost" is the total cost of
				owning, operating, and maintaining a building over its useful life, including
				its fuel and energy costs, determined by systematically evaluating and
				comparing alternative building systems. In the case of leased buildings, the
				life cycle cost shall be calculated over the effective remaining term of the
				lease.
(t) "Maintenance" means the
				upkeep of property only to the extent necessary to offset deterioration.
				Maintenance includes:
(i) Maintaining utility
				systems (such as electrical systems, water supply and sewage systems, heating,
				and plumbing), doors, windows, walls, roofs, parking lots, sidewalks,
				landscaping, building foundations, signage, walls, and air-conditioning
				equipment;
(ii) Maintaining
				equipment and fixtures necessary for fire protection;
(iii) Addressing the interim tenants' needs,
				and needs of personnel employed at the site; and
(iv) Addressing any special or particularized
				requirements for preserving certain types of equipment unique to the
				facility.