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Senate Bill S6842

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the state apprenticeship and training council

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2019-S6842 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §813, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2608
2023-2024: S3481
2025-2026: S3473

2019-S6842 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state apprenticeship and training council to meet a certain number of times per year and provide a report.

2019-S6842 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6842 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6842
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the  state
   apprenticeship  and training council to meet a certain number of times
   per year and provide a report

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 813 of the labor law, as amended
 by chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   2. The council: (a) shall advise the commissioner of labor on  appren-
 tice training matters, including the matters of related and supplemental
 instruction;  (b)  may  recommend suggested standards for apprenticeship
 agreements; (c) shall  maintain  a  close  and  effective  liaison  with
 governmental  and  nongovernmental  agencies  which  are  concerned with
 skilled manpower development  and  problems;  [and]  (d)  may  recommend
 research  projects on facts and trends relating to apprenticeship train-
 ing and the supply of and needs for skilled manpower[.]; (E) SHALL  MEET
 NO LESS THAN SIX TIMES PER CALENDAR YEAR AT THE CALL OF THE CHAIR. MEET-
 INGS  MAY BE HELD VIA TELECONFERENCE.  SPECIAL MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED BY
 THE CHAIR AT THE REQUEST OF A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS  OF  THE  COUNCIL;
 AND  (F) SHALL PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLA-
 TURE OF ITS FINDINGS, MEETING CONCLUSIONS,  RECOMMENDATIONS  AND  ACTIV-
 ITIES  UNDERTAKEN  BY  THE  COUNCIL,  NOT  LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF  2019  WHICH  AMENDED  THIS
 SECTION AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14079-01-9

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