Every contractor shall keep an accurate record showing the names, occupation and safety-sensitive status of all employees, in connection with the construction on the public improvement, and showing any drug tests or alcohol tests performed and employee education and supervisor training received, which record shall be open at all reasonable hours for inspection by the public authority which let the contract and its officers and agents. It is not necessary to preserve the record for a period longer than three years after the termination of the contract.

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Terms Used In West Virginia Code 21-1D-7

  • construction: as used in this article , means any construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, painting, decorating or repair of any public improvement let to contract the value of which contract is over $100,000. See West Virginia Code 21-1D-2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • contractor: means any employer working on a public improvement without regard to whether they are serving as the prime or subcontractor to another. See West Virginia Code 21-1D-2
  • employee: means a laborer, mechanic or other worker. See West Virginia Code 21-1D-2
  • public authority: as used in this article , means any officer, board or commission or other agency of the State of West Virginia, its counties or municipalities or any political subdivision thereof, authorized by law to enter into a contract for the construction of a public improvement, including any institution supported, in whole or in part, by public funds of the State of West Virginia and this article applies to expenditures of these institutions made, in whole or in part, from public funds. See West Virginia Code 21-1D-2
  • public improvement: as used in this article , includes all buildings, roads, highways, bridges, streets, alleys, sewers, ditches, sewage disposal plants, waterworks, airports and all other structures upon which construction may be let to contract by the State of West Virginia, its counties or municipalities or any political subdivision thereof. See West Virginia Code 21-1D-2