18-8-102. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Consulting service" means the human service of studying or advising an agency under an independent contract. However, the term is limited to professional consulting service work provided to an agency under an independent contract with a private consultant, but does not include the making of periodic or routine reports or the collection of routine data necessary to the functioning of a state agency or its programs or necessary for the proper monitoring of private providers of human services regulated by a state agency. The term includes only services for which payment is made from funds:
     (a) that are appropriated by the legislature;
     (b) that are generated by statutory functions of the agency; or
     (c) that are received by the state from the federal government and that are awarded to the state without requiring the state to request the funds through a grant program.
     (2) "Private consultant" means an entity that performs consulting services other than a state agency or employee.
     (3) "State agency" means any state department, commission, board, office, institution, facility, or other agency, including a university system or an institution of higher education.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 547, L. 1981.