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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HUMAN RESOURCES

     Introduced By: Representatives Ferri, Cimini, Valencia, McNamara, and Walsh

     Date Introduced: February 16, 2012

     Referred To: House Finance

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 42-102 of the General Laws entitled "Rhode Island Human

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Resource Investment Council" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     42-102-11. Funding for workforce development. – There is hereby appropriated to the

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human resource investment council for fiscal year 2013 the sum of two million dollars

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($2,000,000) to support projects and programs to increase and improve the skills of Rhode

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Island’s workforce. The funds shall supplement, and not supplant, funds available to the council

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from the jobs development fund. The council shall take into account labor market information

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and information from industry partnerships to help establish priorities for allocation of said funds.

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The council shall ensure that for contracts or grants characterized as skills training or upgrading,

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the administrative expenses of the private or public entity awarded the contract or grant shall not

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exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the total contract or grant.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- HUMAN RESOURCES

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     This act would appropriate two million dollars ($2,000,000) from the general fund to the

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human resource investment council to build the skills of Rhode Island’s workforce.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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