Bill Text: CT HB05454 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Apprenticeship Ratios.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-03 - Public Hearing 03/11 [HB05454 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05454-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Raised Bill No. 5454

February Session, 2014

 

LCO No. 1565

 

*01565_______LAB*

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

 

Introduced by:

 

(LAB)

 

AN ACT CONCERNING APPRENTICESHIP RATIOS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 20-332b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall amend existing regulations of Connecticut state agencies adopted pursuant to section 20-332 to specify the following allowable hiring ratios regarding apprentices, journeymen and contractors for the following trades:

T1

T2

TRADE

T3

Electrical, Plumbing, Heating, Piping and Cooling,

T4

Sprinkler Fitter and Sheet Metal Work

T5

 

T6

Apprentices

Licensees

T7

 

(Journeymen or Contractors)

T8

1

1

T9

2

2

T10

3

[5] 3

T11

4

[8] 4

T12

5

[11] 5

T13

6

14

T14

7

17

T15

8

20

T16

9

23

T17

10

26

T18

 

T19

Ratio continues at 3 Journeypersons

T20

To 1 Apprentice

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1

October 1, 2014

20-332b

Statement of Purpose:

To increase the apprenticeship opportunities in the state by requiring a ratio of one journeyperson or contractor to one apprentice for up to five apprentices.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]

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