2015 -- H 6360

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

     Introduced By: Representative K. Joseph Shekarchi

     Date Introduced: June 25, 2015

     Referred To: House Labor

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 28-45-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-45 entitled

"Apprenticeship Programs in Trade and Industry" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     28-45-2. Apprenticeship council. -- (a) The director of labor and training, with the

advice and consent of the governor, shall appoint a state apprenticeship council composed of four

(4) representatives each from employer and employee organizations respectively and one public

member. One of the employer representatives shall represent a business employing less than fifty

(50) employees. In making his or her appointments, the director shall give due consideration to

include representatives from different types of industries, including those industries participating

in non-trade apprenticeship programs established pursuant to § 42-102-11. The council shall, by

majority vote, elect from its membership a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary. The

vice-chairperson shall act in the absence or inability of the chairperson.

      (b) Upon the expiration of the terms of the council's present membership, the director of

labor and training, with the advice and consent of the governor, shall appoint members to the

apprenticeship council for initial terms, and those members shall hold office until their successors

are appointed and have qualified, as follows:

     (1) One representative each from employer and employee organizations respectively, for

an initial term of one year;

     (2) One representative each from employer and employee organizations respectively, for

an initial term of two (2) years;

     (3) One representative each from employer and employee organizations respectively, for

an initial term of three (3) years; and

     (4) One representative each from employer and employee organizations respectively, for

an initial term of four (4) years.

     (5) One public member, representing a community organization, for an initial term of

four (4) years.

     (c) Upon the expiration of those initial terms, members shall be appointed for terms of

four (4) years, and shall hold office until their successors are appointed and have qualified. Any

vacancy shall be filled by appointments by the director of labor and training, with the advice and

consent of the governor, for the unexpired portion of the term. The commissioner of elementary

and secondary education, the director of labor and training shall be members of the council, ex-

officio, without vote.

     (d) The council may, by majority vote, designate any consultants that it may deem

necessary and desirable to assist it in the performance of its duties.

     (e) Members of the board shall not be compensated for their service on the board.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

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     This act would require the director of labor and training to consider representatives from

industries participating in non-trade apprenticeship programs when making appointments to the

apprenticeship council.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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