Idaho Code § 40-103
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40-103 DEFINITIONS — B.
Official statutory text
40-103. Definitions — B. (1) "Base technical concept" means the project specific concepts and technical information provided in the request for proposals on which design-build firms will develop their technical and price proposals.
(2) "Benefit primarily motor vehicles" and "primary benefit of motor vehicles" means designing highway and bridge maintenance and construction projects to reduce traffic congestion, travel delays, engine idle time, and unproductive fuel consumption.
(3) "Best value selection" means any selection process in which proposals contain both price and qualitative components and award is based on a combination of price and qualitative considerations.
(4) "Board" means the Idaho transportation board.
(5) "Business" means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily for the purchase, resale, lease and rental of personal and real property, and for the manufacture, processing or marketing of products, commodities, or other personal property; for the sale of services to the public; or solely for the purpose of section 40-2004(1), Idaho Code, for assisting in the purchase, sale, resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, personal property, or services by the erection and maintenance of an outdoor advertising display or displays, whether or not displays are located on the premises on which any of the activities are conducted.
(6) "Business entity" means a corporation, professional corporation, limited liability company, professional limited liability company, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, professional limited liability partnership or any other form of business except a sole proprietorship.
History:
[40-103, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 588; am. 2010, ch. 293, sec. 2, p. 778; am. 2025, ch. 242, sec. 1, p. 1091.]
(2) "Benefit primarily motor vehicles" and "primary benefit of motor vehicles" means designing highway and bridge maintenance and construction projects to reduce traffic congestion, travel delays, engine idle time, and unproductive fuel consumption.
(3) "Best value selection" means any selection process in which proposals contain both price and qualitative components and award is based on a combination of price and qualitative considerations.
(4) "Board" means the Idaho transportation board.
(5) "Business" means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily for the purchase, resale, lease and rental of personal and real property, and for the manufacture, processing or marketing of products, commodities, or other personal property; for the sale of services to the public; or solely for the purpose of section 40-2004(1), Idaho Code, for assisting in the purchase, sale, resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, personal property, or services by the erection and maintenance of an outdoor advertising display or displays, whether or not displays are located on the premises on which any of the activities are conducted.
(6) "Business entity" means a corporation, professional corporation, limited liability company, professional limited liability company, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, professional limited liability partnership or any other form of business except a sole proprietorship.
History:
[40-103, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 588; am. 2010, ch. 293, sec. 2, p. 778; am. 2025, ch. 242, sec. 1, p. 1091.]
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