Legislation
SECTION 149
Tower technician protections
State Finance (STF) CHAPTER 56, ARTICLE 9
* § 149. Tower technician protections. 1. Definitions. For the
purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(a) "State agency" or "state agencies" means all state departments,
boards, commissions, offices or institutions.
(b) "Telecommunications tower" means any freestanding tower, monopole
or similar structure or facility used for the provision of wireless
services including ancillary telecommunications equipment required to
integrate such structure or facility into an existing or proposed
wireless network.
(c) "Tower technician" means any telecommunications professional who
installs, repairs, and maintains telecommunications towers and
equipment.
(d) "Contractor" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation,
association, company, organization or other entity, including a
construction manager, general or prime contractor, joint venture, or any
combination thereof, which enters into a construction contract with a
state agency.
(e) "Tower services" means any work performed by a tower technician on
state-owned telecommunications towers.
2. Tower technician protections. Any construction contract for tower
services entered into by a state agency and a private entity shall
include training requirements for all tower technicians performing work
pursuant to the construction contract with the state agency. The
training requirements for tower technicians shall be determined by the
office of general services in consultation with any party deemed
necessary by the office of general services. Such training requirements
shall be published on the office of general services website.
3. A contractor shall provide confirmation to the state agency that
all tower technicians performing tower services pursuant to the contract
have received the training required by subdivision two of this section
prior to commencing work pursuant to the contract. Such confirmation
shall include a list of tower technicians and the dates when each
required training was completed.
4. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to diminish the rights,
privileges, or remedies of any employee under any collective bargaining
agreement to the contrary.
* NB Effective July 1, 2026
purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(a) "State agency" or "state agencies" means all state departments,
boards, commissions, offices or institutions.
(b) "Telecommunications tower" means any freestanding tower, monopole
or similar structure or facility used for the provision of wireless
services including ancillary telecommunications equipment required to
integrate such structure or facility into an existing or proposed
wireless network.
(c) "Tower technician" means any telecommunications professional who
installs, repairs, and maintains telecommunications towers and
equipment.
(d) "Contractor" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation,
association, company, organization or other entity, including a
construction manager, general or prime contractor, joint venture, or any
combination thereof, which enters into a construction contract with a
state agency.
(e) "Tower services" means any work performed by a tower technician on
state-owned telecommunications towers.
2. Tower technician protections. Any construction contract for tower
services entered into by a state agency and a private entity shall
include training requirements for all tower technicians performing work
pursuant to the construction contract with the state agency. The
training requirements for tower technicians shall be determined by the
office of general services in consultation with any party deemed
necessary by the office of general services. Such training requirements
shall be published on the office of general services website.
3. A contractor shall provide confirmation to the state agency that
all tower technicians performing tower services pursuant to the contract
have received the training required by subdivision two of this section
prior to commencing work pursuant to the contract. Such confirmation
shall include a list of tower technicians and the dates when each
required training was completed.
4. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to diminish the rights,
privileges, or remedies of any employee under any collective bargaining
agreement to the contrary.
* NB Effective July 1, 2026