§ 795 — Definitions

New York § 795

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law LAB: Labor
• Art. 21-C: Tower Technician Protections

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§ 795. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Bidder" means any individual, business, vendor or other legal\nentity, or any employee, agent, consultant or person acting on behalf\nthereof, that submits a bid in response to a solicitation.\n 2. "Telecommunications tower" means any freestanding tower, monopole\nor similar structure or facility used for the provision of wireless\nservices including ancillary telecommunications equipment required to\nintegrate such structure or facility into an existing or proposed\nwireless network.\n 3. "Tower technician" means any telecommunications professional who\ninstalls, repairs, and maintains telecommunications towers and\nequipment.\n 4. "Contractor" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation,\nassociation, company, organization or other entity, including a\nconstruction manager, general or prime contractor, joint venture, or any\ncombination thereof, which enters into a construction contract with an\nowner.\n 5. "Subcontractor" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation,\ncompany, association, organization or other entity, or any combination\nthereof, which is a party to a contract with a contractor, and/or party\nto a contract with the contractor's subcontractors at any tier to\nperform any portion of work within the scope of the contractor's tower\nservices contract with the owner, including where the subcontractor has\nno direct privity of contract with the contractor.\n 6. "Procurement contract" means any written agreement entered into by\na state agency for the acquisition of goods, services, or construction.\n 7. "Tower services" means any work performed by a tower technician, or\nlicensing agreements regarding the use of state-owned telecommunications\ntowers.\n 8. "OSHA" means the federal occupational safety and health\nadministration.\n