§2150.1. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall be defined as follows:
(1) "Board" means the State Licensing Board for Contractors.
(2) "Commercial purposes" means any construction project except residential
structures with no more than four incorporated or attached dwelling units.
(3) "Contract" means the entire cost of the construction undertaking, including labor,
materials, rentals, and all direct and indirect project expenses.
(4)(a) "Contractor" means any person who undertakes to, attempts to, or submits a
price or bid or offers to construct, supervise, superintend, oversee, direct, or in any manner
assume charge of the construction, alteration, repair, improvement, movement, demolition,
putting up, tearing down, or furnishing labor, or furnishing labor together with material or
equipment, or installing the same for any building, highway, road, railroad, sewer, grading,
excavation, pipeline, public utility structure, project development, housing, or housing
development, improvement, or any other construction undertaking for which the entire cost
is fifty thousand dollars or more when the property is to be used for commercial purposes.
(b) The term "contractor" includes general contractors, subcontractors, architects, and
engineers who receive an additional fee for the employment or direction of labor, or any
other work beyond the normal architectural or engineering services.
(c) A contractor holding a license in the major classification of hazardous materials,
or any subclassifications thereunder, shall be defined in terms of work performed for which
the cost is one dollar or more.
(d) "Contractor" shall not mean any person, supplier, manufacturer, or employee of
such person who assembles, repairs, maintains, moves, puts up, tears down, or disassembles
any patented, proprietary, or patented and proprietary environmental equipment supplied by
such person to a contractor to be used solely by the contractor for a construction undertaking.
(4.1) "Electrical contractor" means any person who undertakes to, attempts to, or
submits a price or bid or offers to construct, supervise, superintend, oversee, direct, or in any
manner assume charge of the construction, alteration, repair, improvement, movement,
demolition, putting up, tearing down, or furnishing labor together with material and
equipment, or installing the same for the wiring, fixtures, or appliances for the supply of
electricity to any residential, commercial, or other project, when the cost of the undertaking
exceeds the sum of ten thousand dollars. This Paragraph shall not be deemed or construed
to limit the authority of a contractor, general contractor, or residential building contractor,
as those terms are defined in this Section, nor to require such individuals to become an
electrical contractor.
(5) "Executive director" means the person appointed by the board to serve as the
chief operating officer in connection with the day-to-day operation of the board's business.
(6)(a) "General contractor" means a person who contracts directly with the owner.
The term "general contractor" shall include the term "primary contractor" and wherever used
in this Chapter or in regulations promulgated thereunder "primary contractor" shall mean
"general contractor".
(b) "General contractor" shall not mean any person, supplier, manufacturer, or
employee of such person who assembles, repairs, maintains, moves, puts up, tears down, or
disassembles any patented, proprietary, or patented and proprietary environmental equipment
supplied by such person to a contractor to be used solely by the contractor for a construction
undertaking.
(7) "Home improvement contracting" means the reconstruction, alteration,
renovation, repair, modernization, conversion, improvement, removal, or demolition, or the
construction of an addition to any pre-existing owner occupied building which building is
used or designed to be used as a residence or dwelling unit, or to structures which are
adjacent to such residence or building. "Home improvement contracting" shall not include
services rendered gratuitously.
(8) "Home improvement contractor" means any person, including a contractor or
subcontractor, who undertakes or attempts to undertake or submits a price or bid on any
home improvement contracting project.
(8.1) "Mechanical contractor" means any person who undertakes to, attempts to, or
submits a price or bid or offers to construct, supervise, superintend, oversee, direct, or in any
manner assume charge of the construction, alteration, repair, improvement, movement,
demolition, putting up, tearing down, or furnishing labor, or furnishing labor together with
material and equipment, or installing the same for the construction, installation, maintenance,
testing, and repair of air conditioning, refrigeration, heating systems, and plumbing for all
residential, commercial, and industrial applications as well as ventilation systems,
mechanical work controls, boilers and other pressure vessels, steam and hot water systems
and piping, gas piping and fuel storage, and chilled water and condensing water systems and
piping, including but not limited to any type of industrial process piping and related valves,
fittings, and components, when the cost of the undertaking exceeds the sum of ten thousand
dollars. This Paragraph shall not be deemed or construed to limit the authority of a
contractor, general contractor, or residential building contractor, as those terms are defined
in this Section, nor to require such individuals to become a mechanical contractor.
(9) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, cooperative,
corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or any other entity
recognized by Louisiana law; and whether or not acting as a principal, trustee, fiduciary,
receiver, or as any other kind of legal or personal representative, or as a successor in interest,
assignee, agent, factor, servant, employee, director, officer, or any other representative of
such person; or any state or local governing authority or political subdivision performing a
new construction project which exceeds the contract limits provided in R.S. 38:2212 and
which does not constitute regular maintenance of the public facility or facilities which it has
been authorized to maintain.
(10) "Qualifying party" means a natural person designated by the contractor to
represent the contractor for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Chapter
including without limitation meeting the requirements for the initial license and any
continuation thereof.
(11) "Residential building contractor" means any corporation, partnership, or
individual who constructs a fixed building or structure for sale for use by another as a
residence or who, for a price, commission, fee, wage, or other compensation, undertakes or
offers to undertake the construction or superintending of the construction of any building or
structure, with no more than four incorporated or attached dwelling units, which is not more
than three floors in height, to be used by another as a residence, when the cost of the
undertaking exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars. The term "residential building
contractor" includes all contractors, subcontractors, architects, and engineers who receive an
additional fee for the employment or direction of labor, or any other work beyond the normal
architectural or engineering services. "Residential building contractor" also means any
person performing home improvement contracting as provided for in Paragraph (9) of this
Section when the cost of the undertaking exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars. It shall not
include the manufactured housing industry or those persons engaged in building residential
structures that are mounted on metal chassis and wheels.
(12) "Subcontract" means the entire cost of that part of the contract which is
performed by the subcontractor.
(13)(a) "Subcontractor" means a person who contracts directly with the primary
contractor for the performance of a part of the principal contract or with another contractor
for the performance of a part of the principal contract.
(b) "Subcontractor" shall not mean any person, supplier, manufacturer, or employee
of such person who assembles, repairs, maintains, moves, puts up, tears down, or
disassembles any patented, proprietary, or patented and proprietary environmental equipment
supplied by such person to a contractor to be used solely by the contractor for a construction
undertaking.
Acts 1992, No. 681, §1, eff. July 6, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 638, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 1996;
Acts 1997, No. 146, §1; Acts 1997, No. 770, §1; Acts 2003, No. 643, §1; Acts 2003, No.
1146, §2; Acts 2007, No. 398, §1; Acts 2008, No. 725, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2019, No.
371, §1.