As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Contract" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-101-301 (9) and includespublic-private partnerships and other agreements for public-private financing.
"Contractor" means any person who is a party to a contract.
"Historically underutilized business" means a business:
(a) That is at least fifty-one percent owned by one or more individuals who are: (I) United States citizens or permanent resident aliens; and (II) One or more of the following:
Members of a racial or ethnic minority group;
Non-Hispanic Caucasian women;
Persons with physical or mental disabilities; or
Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community; and
(b) For which the minority ownership controls both the management and day-to-day business decisions.
(4) "Persons with physical or mental disabilities" means persons who:
Have impairments that substantially limit one or more major life activities;
Are regarded generally by the community as having a disability; and
Whose disabilities substantially limit their abilities to engage in competitive business.
(5) "Racial or ethnic minority group" means:
African American persons, meaning individuals having origins in any of the blackracial groups;
Hispanic American persons, including persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban,Central or South American, or other Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin, regardless of race;
Asian American persons, including persons whose origins are from Japan, China,Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Samoa, the United States territories of the Pacific, or the Northern Mariana Islands; or persons whose origins are from subcontinent Asia, including persons whose origins are from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, or Nepal; or
Native American persons, including persons who are American Indians, Eskimos,Aleuts, or Hawaiians of Polynesian descent.
(6) "Subcontractor" means any person who is a party to a contract with a contractor.
Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-135), ch. 379, p. 3414, § 1, effective July 1.