52:32-40. Definitions
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1. As used in this act:
"Prime contractor" means any person who has a construction contract with a State agency and who subcontracts all or a part of that contract.
"State agency" means any of the principal departments in the Executive Branch of the State Government, and any division, board, bureau, office, commission or other instrumentality within or created by such department, the Legislature of the State and any office, board, bureau or commission within or created by the Legislative Branch, and any independent State authority, commission, instrumentality or agency which is authorized by law to award construction contracts. A county or municipality shall not be deemed an agency or instrumentality of the State.
"Subcontractor" means any person who enters into a contract with a prime contractor to perform a specific part of the work for which the prime contractor is responsible under a construction contract with a State agency.
"Supplier" means any person who enters into a contract with a prime contractor to provide materials to that prime contractor in connection with a State construction contract.
L.1991,c.507,s.1.