Rhode Island General Laws 37-2.1-4. Payment
No public agency shall authorize, provide for, or make any payments to any person under any contract containing the provision required by § 37-2.1-3 unless the public agency is satisfied that the person has fully complied with that provision. Any payments made to any person by any public agency which should not have been made, as a result of this section, shall be recoverable directly from the contractor or subcontractor who did not comply with § 37-2.1-3 by either the public agency or the attorney general upon suit filed in the court of any county.
History of Section.
P.L. 1979, ch. 299, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 37-2.1-4
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: means natural persons as well as corporations, partnerships, business units, and associations;
(2) "Public agency" means any and all other public bodies, authorities, officers, agencies, or instrumentalities, whether exercising a governmental or proprietary function;
(i) The state and its departments, boards, commissions and agencies;
(ii) Cities, towns, school districts, and any other governmental unit or district; or
(iii) Any and all other public bodies, authorities, officers, agencies, or instrumentalities, whether exercising a governmental or proprietary function;
(3) "Public works" means steel to construct, frame or reinforce any public structure, building, highway, waterway, street, bridge, transit system, airport, or other betterment, work, or improvement, whether of a permanent or temporary nature, and whether for governmental or proprietary use;
(4) "Steel products" means products rolled, formed, shaped, drawn, extruded, forged, cast, fabricated, or otherwise similarly processed, or processed by a combination of two or more of these operations, from steel made in the United States by the open hearth, basic oxygen, electric furnace, Bessemer, or other steel making process; and
(5) "United States" means the United States of America and includes all territory, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 37-2.1-5