2015 California Code
Labor Code - LAB
DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION
PART 3 - PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES
CHAPTER 4.6 - Public Transit Service Contracts
Section 1071.

1071. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:

(a) Awarding authority means any local government agency, including any city, county, special district, transit district, joint powers authority, or nonprofit corporation that awards or otherwise enters into contracts for public transit services performed within the State of California.

(b) Bidder means any person who submits a bid to an awarding agency for a public transit service contract or subcontract.

(c) Contractor means any person who enters into a public transit service contract with an awarding authority.

(d) Employee means any person who works for a contractor or subcontractor under a contract. Employee does not include an executive, administrative, or professional employee exempt from the payment of overtime compensation within the meaning of subdivision (a) of Section 515 or any person who is not an employee as defined under Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 152(3)).

(e) Person means any individual, proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, association, or other entity that may employ individuals or enter into contracts.

(f) Public transit services means the provision of passenger transportation services to the general public, including paratransit service.

(g) Service contract means any contract the principal purpose of which is to provide public transit services through the use of service employees.

(h) Subcontractor means any person who is not an employee who enters into a contract with a contractor to assist the contractor in performing a service contract.

(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 103, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)