* § 149. Tower technician protections. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

1. (a) "State agency" or "state agencies" means all state departments, boards, commissions, offices or institutions.
2. (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.
3. (c) "Tower technician" means any telecommunications professional who installs, repairs, and maintains telecommunications towers and equipment.
4. (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.
5. (e) "Tower services" means any work performed by a tower technician on state-owned telecommunications towers.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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