§ 27-020. DEFINITIONS

Facility , for purposes of this chapter, means any plant, building, structure, ground facility, utility system, subject to the limitation found in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 22002 of the Public Contract Code, real property, streets and highways, or other public work improvement.

Public project means any of the following:

(1)

Construction, reconstruction, erection, alteration, renovation, improvement, demolition, and repair work involving any publicly owned, leased, or operated facility.

(2)

Painting or repainting of any publicly owned, leased, or operated facility.

(3)

In the case of a publicly owned utility system, "public project" shall include only the construction, erection, improvement, or repair of dams, reservoirs, power plants, and electrical transmission lines of 230,000 volts and higher.

Public project does not include maintenance work. For purposes of this chapter, "maintenance work" includes all of the following:

(1)

Routine, recurring, and usual work for the preservation or protection of any publicly owned or publicly operated facility for its intended purposes.

(2)

Minor repainting.

(3)

Resurfacing of streets and highways at less than one inch.

(4)

Landscape maintenance, including mowing, watering, trimming, pruning, planting, replacement of plants, and servicing of irrigation and sprinkler systems.

(5)

Work performed to keep, operate, and maintain publicly owned water, power, or waste disposal systems, including, but not limited to, dams, reservoirs, power plants, and electrical transmission lines of 230,000 volts and higher.