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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="17-101" title_number="17" title_name="Special Provisions -- State and Local Subdivisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Security for Construction Contracts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Payment security” means security to guarantee payment for labor and materials, including leased equipment, under a contract for construction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Performance security” means security to guarantee the performance of a contract for construction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Public body” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a public instrumentality; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any governmental unit authorized to award a contract.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Supplier” means a person who supplies labor or materials.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Supplier” includes a lessor of equipment to the extent of the fair rental value of the equipment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
