Connecticut General Statutes 13b-38o – Definitions
For the purposes of sections 13b-38o, 13b-38p, 13b-38t, 13b-38v and 13b-38x, the following definitions shall apply unless otherwise provided by federal law or regulation:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 13b-38o
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Transportation: means any form of transportation for persons or goods within, to or from the state, whether by highway, air, water, rail or any other means. See Connecticut General Statutes 13b-2
(1) “Affected employer” means an employer, or its successor, which employs one hundred or more employees at a work location located in a severe nonattainment area. For the purposes of this subdivision, the number of employees shall be the average number of employees per work location during the preceding twelve months;
(2) “Clean Air Act” means the federal Clean Air Act, 42 USC Section 7401 et seq., as may from time to time be amended;
(3) “Employee” means any person employed by, or who enters into a direct contract for services with, an employer for eighty or more hours per twenty-eight-day period in a full-time or part-time position, who reports to the employer’s work location and either (A) is assigned primarily to such employer’s work location or (B) uses a mode of transportation to perform such person’s job responsibilities other than the vehicle in which such person commuted to the employer’s work location;
(4) “Employer” means any person, firm, business, educational institution, nonprofit agency, corporation, limited liability company, the state, any political subdivision of the state, any governmental agency, or any other entity which employs persons;
(5) “Severe nonattainment area” means the geographic area in Connecticut designated as such by the federal Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Clean Air Act;
(6) “Traffic reduction program” means a program established under section 13b-38p in which any affected employer may participate;
(7) “Work location” means a site, building, group of buildings or set of contiguous buildings or portion thereof, under the ownership, operation or control of an affected employer where employees perform work.