2. As used in this act:
"Board" means the Landscape Irrigation Contractors Examining Board established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1991, c.27 (C.45:5AA-5).
"Department" means the Department of Community Affairs.
"Landscape irrigation contracting" means the construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and alteration of any portion of a landscape irrigation system, including required wiring within that system and connection to the required power supply and the installation and connection to a public or private water supply system under the terms and conditions of a contract.
"Landscape irrigation contractor" means a natural person who is certified to do landscape irrigation contracting.
"Landscape irrigation contractor certificate" or "certificate" means the certificate issued by the board pursuant to the provisions of this act.
"Landscape irrigation system" means any assemblage of components, materials, or special equipment which is designed, constructed, and installed for controlled dispersion of water from any safe and suitable source, including properly treated wastewater, for the purpose of irrigating landscape vegetation or the control of dust and erosion on landscaped areas, including integral pumping systems or integral control systems for manual, semi-automatic, or automatic control of the operation of these systems.
"Business permit" means the permit issued by the board to a person allowing the person to engage in the business of landscape irrigation contracting, pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.27 (C.45:5AA-1 et seq.).
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, and any owner or operator of a permittee.
"Permittee" means a person who has secured a business permit to engage in the business of landscape irrigation contracting, pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.27 (C.45:5AA-1 et seq.).
"Local enforcing agency" means the municipal or county construction official and subcode officials provided for in section 8 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-126), or section 1 of P.L.2018, c.157 (C.52:27D-126.8) regarding a pilot county in the "County Code Enforcement Pilot Program," and assistants thereto.