Bill Text: NY S06842 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S06842 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06842-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6842

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    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:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 813 of the labor law, as amended
     2  by chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
     3    2. The council: (a) shall advise the commissioner of labor on  appren-
     4  tice training matters, including the matters of related and supplemental
     5  instruction;  (b)  may  recommend suggested standards for apprenticeship
     6  agreements; (c) shall  maintain  a  close  and  effective  liaison  with
     7  governmental  and  nongovernmental  agencies  which  are  concerned with
     8  skilled manpower development  and  problems;  [and]  (d)  may  recommend
     9  research  projects on facts and trends relating to apprenticeship train-
    10  ing and the supply of and needs for skilled manpower[.]; (e) shall  meet
    11  no less than six times per calendar year at the call of the chair. Meet-
    12  ings  may be held via teleconference.  Special meetings may be called by
    13  the chair at the request of a majority of the members  of  the  council;
    14  and  (f) shall provide an annual report to the governor and the legisla-
    15  ture of its findings, meeting conclusions,  recommendations  and  activ-
    16  ities  undertaken  by  the  council,  not  later than one year after the
    17  effective date of the chapter of the laws of  2019  which  amended  this
    18  section and every year thereafter.
    19    § 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