Section 1071 Of Chapter 4.6. Public Transit Service Contracts From California Labor Code >> Division 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 4.6.
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. 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.