Sec.31-53b-1. Definitions

As used in sections 31-53b-1 through 31-53b-5, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

(1) “Certified payroll” means a certified payroll required to be submitted to the contracting agency pursuant to section 31-53(f) of the Connecticut General Statutes;

(2) “Completion document” means a card, document, certificate or other written record issued by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or by a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration authorized trainer, or by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration in accordance with 30 CFR 48, or in the case of telecommunications employees, in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.268, evidencing that a person subject to these regulations has completed a construction safety and health course, program or training, or a supplemental refresher training course;

(3) “Construction safety and health course, program or training” means a course, program or training in construction safety or health of at least ten hours duration approved by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or a new miner training program approved by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration in accordance with 30 CFR 48 or, in the case of telecommunications employees, at least ten hours of training in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.268;

(4) A “Supplemental refresher training course” means a course, program or training in construction safety or health, which course includes, but is not limited to, an update of revised Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards and a review of required construction hazards training, of at least four hours in duration taught by a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration authorized trainer to electricians or plumbers subject to the continuing education requirements of section 20-334d of the Connecticut General Statutes, who have completed a course of at least ten hours in duration in construction safety and health approved by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration five or more years prior to the date such electrician or plumber begins work on such public works project;

(5) “Employee” means “employee” as defined in section 31-71a(2) of the Connecticut General Statutes;

(6) “Labor Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Labor;

(7) “Mechanic,” “laborer,” or “worker” means any individual engaged in the duties of a mechanic, laborer or worker, pursuant to the classifications of labor under Section 31-53 of the Connecticut General Statutes, but does not mean an employee of a public service company, as defined in section 16-1 of the Connecticut General Statutes, or drivers of commercial motor vehicles driving such vehicles on public works projects and delivering or picking up cargo from such projects, provided that such drivers perform no labor relating to the projects other than the loading and the unloading of their cargo;

(8) “Plumber” means any person licensed in accordance with Chapter 393 of the Connecticut General Statutes who is subject to the continuing education requirements of section 20-334d of the Connecticut General Statutes and who performs “plumbing and piping work” as defined in section 20-330(3) of the Connecticut General Statutes;

(9) “Electrician” means any person licensed in accordance with Chapter 393 of the Connecticut General Statutes who is subject to the continuing education requirements of section 20-334d of the Connecticut General Statutes and who performs “electrical work” as defined in section 20-330(2) of the Connecticut General Statutes; and

(10) “Public works project” means a public works project to which subsection (g) of section 31-53 of the Connecticut General Statutes applies.

(Adopted effective May 5, 2009; Amended September 12, 2013)