Rhode Island General Laws Title 37. Public Property and Works § 37-2.3-3. Definitions

(1) “ Agency” includes any executive office, department, division, board, commission, or other office or officer in the executive branch of the government.

(2) “ Person” includes an individual, institution, federal, state, or local governmental entity, or any other public or private entity.

(3) “ Private contractor employee” includes a worker directly employed by a private contractor, as defined in this section, as well as an employee of a subcontractor or an independent contractor that provides supplies or services to a private contractor.

(4) “ Privatization or privatization contract” means an agreement or combination or series of agreements by which a non-governmental person or entity agrees with an agency to provide services expected to result in a fiscal year expenditure of at least one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), which would contract services which are substantially similar to and in replacement of work normally performed by an employee of an agency.

“ Privatization” or “ privatization contract” excludes:

(5) “ Privatization contractor” is any vendor, contractor, consultant, subcontractor, independent contractor or private business owner that contracts with a state agency to perform services in accordance with the definition of a “privatization contract.”

(6) “ Services” includes, with respect to a private contractor, all aspects of the provision of services provided by a private contractor pursuant to a privatization contract, or any services provided by a subcontractor of a private contractor.