# 1631.2 Definitions.
As used in this part:
(a) *Capital improvement* means spending more than $25,000 of LSC funds to improve real estate through construction or the addition of fixtures that become an integral part of real estate.
(b) *LSC property interest agreement* means a formal written agreement between the recipient and LSC establishing the terms of LSC's legal interest in real estate purchased with LSC funds.
(c) *Personal property* means property other than real estate.
(d) *Purchase* means buying personal property or real estate or contracting for services with LSC funds.
(e) *Quote* means a quotation or bid from a potential source interested in selling or leasing property or providing services to a recipient.
(f) *Real estate* means land and buildings (including capital improvements), excluding moveable personal property.
(g)(1) *Services* means professional and consultant services rendered by persons who are members of a particular profession or possess a special skill and who are not officers or employees of an LSC recipient. *Services* includes, but is not limited to intangible products such as accounting, banking, cleaning, consultants, training, expert services, maintenance of equipment, and transportation.
(2) *Services* does not include:
(i) Services provided by recipients to their employees as compensation in addition to regular salaries and wages, including but not limited to employee insurance, pensions, and unemployment benefit plans;
(ii) Insurance, including malpractice insurance provided to staff attorneys and organizational insurance (e.g., directors and officers liability insurance, employment practices liability insurance, and commercial liability insurance);
(iii) Annual audits required by section 509(a) of Public Law 104-134;
(iv) Services necessary to conduct litigation on behalf of clients (e.g., expert witnesses, discovery);
(v) Contracts for services necessary to address a recipient's internal personnel issues, such as labor counsel, investigators, and mediators; and
(vi) Contracts for employees, whether with the employee directly or with a placement agency.
(h) *Source* means a seller, supplier, vendor, or contractor who has agreed:
(1) To sell or lease property to the recipient through a purchase or lease agreement; or
(2) To provide services to the recipient through a contract.