Kan. Admin. Regs. § 36-40-1 - Definitions
For the purposes of the regulations in this article, the following words and phrases shall be defined as follows:
(a) "Act" means
K.S.A. 75-5063
et seq., and
amendments thereto.
(b)
"Applicant" means any governmental unit filing an application with the
secretary for financial assistance under the act.
(c) "Approved project" means the scope of
work for a transportation project for which financial assistance is provided.
(d) "Debt service" means the
principal, interest, and any premium required to be paid pursuant to a
financial assistance agreement.
(e) "Financial assistance" means any credit
enhancement, loan, or refunding or acquisition of bonds previously issued by
the applicant as approved by the secretary pursuant to the act.
(f) "Financial assistance agreement" means a
contract between an applicant and the secretary confirming the purpose of the
financial assistance, the amount and terms of the financial assistance, the
schedule of financial assistance payments and repayments, if any, and any other
agreed-upon conditions applicable to that approved project.
(g) "Final acceptance" means the point at
which the contractor has completed all work on an approved project and the
licensed professional engineer responsible for the inspection informs the
department in writing that all work specified in the construction contract has
been completed in substantial conformity with the plans, specifications, and
any authorized revisions.
(h)
"KDFA" means the Kansas development finance authority, which is a public body,
politic and corporate, and an independent instrumentality of the state
established at
K.S.A. 74-8903 and amendments thereto.
(i) "Inspector" means an individual who meets
the following requirements:
(1)
(A) Is a licensed professional engineer or is
supervised by a licensed professional engineer; and
(B) is provided by the applicant to observe
the work performed and test the materials used in an approved project according
to its plans and contract documents; and
(2) has successfully completed the
department's certified inspector training appropriate for the work being
inspected.
(j)
"Licensed professional engineer" means a person licensed as a professional
engineer by the state board of technical professions pursuant to
K.S.A. 74-7001
et seq. and
amendments thereto.
(k)
"Maintenance" means a type of transportation project that extends the design
life of a bridge, culvert, highway, road, or street, or combination of these,
but does not, as the major purpose, enhance the structural integrity.
(l) "Opened to unrestricted
travel" means that all travel lanes are open to vehicle traffic and no
construction speed restrictions remain in place.
(m) "Transportation project" means the
acquisition, construction, improvement, repair, rehabilitation, maintenance, or
extension of any bridge, culvert, highway, road, or street, or combination of
these, for which an application has been filed for financial assistance from
the fund.
Notes
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