Bill Text: CA AB1707 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Employment: apprentice training.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 4. [AB1707 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1707-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1707	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Conway

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2010

   An act to amend Section 3075.1 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1707, as introduced, Conway. Employment: apprentice training.
   Existing law makes it the public policy of the state to promote
apprenticeship as a form of on-the-job training when such training is
cost effective.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 3075.1 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   3075.1.  It is the public policy of this state to encourage the
utilization of apprenticeship as a form of on-the-job training, when
such training is  cost-effective   cost
effective  in developing skills needed to perform public
services. State and local public agencies shall make a diligent
effort to establish apprenticeship programs for apprenticeable
occupations in their respective work forces. In furtherance of this
policy, public agencies shall take into consideration (a) the extent
to which a continuous supply of trained personnel is readily
available to public agencies to meet their skill requirements in the
various occupations which are determined to be apprenticeable
 ,  and (b) the application of established programs
in the private sector, where appropriate. Public sector
apprenticeship programs should be fully compatible with affirmative
action goals for the participation of minorities and women in
apprenticeship programs.