| 28 | | - | (c) [Fifty per cent of any] The amount collected by the Labor Department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the General Fund and [fifty per cent of such amount] shall be credited to a separate nonlapsing appropriation to the Labor Department, for the purpose of administering the department's apprentice training program and sections 31-22m to 31-22p, inclusive. |
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| 46 | + | Sec. 4. Section 31-22q of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 48 | + | To assist in the administration of sections 31-22m to 31-22q, inclusive, there shall [continue to] be maintained in the [Labor] Department of Economic and Community Development a program of apprentice training. The [Labor] Commissioner of Economic and Community Development is authorized to appoint, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 67, such personnel as may be necessary for effective administration of said sections. |
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| 50 | + | Sec. 5. Section 31-22r of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 52 | + | (a) (1) Each person who registered as an apprentice with the Labor Department before July 1, 2003, and has not completed an apprenticeship as of July 9, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department a registration fee of twenty-five dollars on or before July 1, 2003, and a renewal registration fee of twenty-five dollars on or before July first of each subsequent year, except that any annual renewal registration fee due on or after the effective date of this section shall be paid to the Department of Economic and Community Development until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required. |
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| 54 | + | (2) Each person who initially registers as an apprentice with the Labor Department on or after July 1, 2003, but prior to the effective date of this section shall pay to the Labor Department a registration fee of fifty dollars at the time of registration and an annual renewal registration fee of fifty dollars, except that any annual renewal registration fee due on or after the effective date of this section shall be paid to the Department of Economic and Community Development until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required. |
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| 56 | + | (3) Each person who initially registers as an apprentice with the Department of Economic and Community Development on or after the effective date of this section shall pay to the Department of Economic and Community Development a registration fee of fifty dollars at the time of registration and an annual renewal registration fee of fifty dollars until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required. |
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| 57 | + | |
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| 58 | + | (b) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor Department as of July 1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department an annual registration fee of sixty dollars for each apprentice participating in such program, except that any annual registration fee due on or after the effective date of this section shall be paid to the Department of Economic and Community Development until the apprentice has completed the apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required, or such program is cancelled by the sponsor or deregistered for cause by the Labor Department in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, whichever is earlier. |
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| 59 | + | |
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| 60 | + | (c) Fifty per cent of any amount collected by the Labor Department prior to the effective date of this section and by the Department of Economic and Community Development on and after the effective date of this section pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the General Fund and fifty per cent of such amount shall be credited to a separate nonlapsing appropriation to the [Labor] Department of Economic and Community Development, for the purpose of administering the department's apprentice training program and sections 31-22m to 31-22p, inclusive. |
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| 62 | + | Sec. 6. Section 10a-72d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 64 | + | The Board of Trustees for the Community-Technical Colleges shall establish procedures for (1) the development of articulation agreements between the regional community-technical colleges and the regional vocational-technical schools in order to ensure a successful transition to higher education for students attending the regional vocational-technical schools, and (2) the awarding of appropriate college credit for persons enrolled in and registered under the terms of a qualified apprenticeship training program, certified in accordance with regulations adopted by the [Labor] Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and registered with the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council established under section 31-22n, as amended by this act. |
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| 66 | + | Sec. 7. Section 12-217g of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 67 | + | |
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| 68 | + | (a) There shall be allowed a credit for any taxpayer against the tax imposed under this chapter for any income year with respect to each apprenticeship in the manufacturing trades commenced by such taxpayer in such year under a qualified apprenticeship training program as described in this section, certified in accordance with regulations adopted by the Labor Commissioner and transferred, pursuant to section 4-38d, to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and registered with the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council established under section 31-22n, as amended by this act, in an amount equal to four dollars per hour multiplied by the total number of hours worked during the income year by apprentices in the first half of a two-year term of apprenticeship and the first three-quarters of a four-year term of apprenticeship, provided the amount of credit allowed for any income year with respect to each such apprenticeship may not exceed four thousand eight hundred dollars or fifty per cent of actual wages paid in such income year to an apprentice in the first half of a two-year term of apprenticeship or in the first three-quarters of a four-year term of apprenticeship, whichever is less. |
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| 69 | + | |
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| 70 | + | (b) There shall be allowed a credit for any taxpayer against the tax imposed under this chapter for any income year with respect to each apprenticeship in plastics and plastics-related trades commenced by such taxpayer in such year under a qualified apprenticeship training program as described in this section, certified in accordance with regulations adopted by the Labor Commissioner and transferred, pursuant to section 4-38d, to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and registered with the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council established under section 31-22n, as amended by this act, which apprenticeship exceeds the average number of such apprenticeships begun by such taxpayer during the five income years immediately preceding the income year with respect to which such credit is allowed, in an amount equal to four dollars per hour multiplied by the total number of hours worked during the income year by apprentices in the first half of a two-year term of apprenticeship and the first three-quarters of a four-year term of apprenticeship, provided the amount of credit allowed for any income year with respect to each such apprenticeship may not exceed four thousand eight hundred dollars or fifty per cent of actual wages paid in such income year to an apprentice in the first half of a two-year term of apprenticeship or in the first three-quarters of a four-year term of apprenticeship, whichever is less. |
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| 72 | + | (c) There shall be allowed a credit for any taxpayer against the tax imposed under this chapter for any income year with respect to wages paid to apprentices in the construction trades by such taxpayer in such year that the apprentice and taxpayer participate in a qualified apprenticeship training program, as described in this section, which (1) is at least four years in duration, (2) is certified in accordance with regulations adopted by the Labor Commissioner and transferred, pursuant to section 4-38d, to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, and (3) is registered with the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council established under section 31-22n, as amended by this act. The tax credit shall be (A) in an amount equal to two dollars per hour multiplied by the total number of hours completed by each apprentice toward completion of such program, and (B) awarded upon completion and notification of completion of such program in the income year in which such completion and notification occur, provided the amount of credit allowed for such income year with respect to each such apprentice may not exceed four thousand dollars or fifty per cent of actual wages paid over the first four income years for such apprenticeship, whichever is less. |
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| 74 | + | (d) For purposes of this section, a qualified apprenticeship training program shall require at least four thousand but not more than eight thousand hours of apprenticeship training for certification of such apprenticeship by the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council. The amount of credit allowed any taxpayer under this section for any income year may not exceed the amount of tax due from such taxpayer under this chapter with respect to such income year. |
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| 76 | + | Sec. 8. Section 17b-733 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 78 | + | The Department of Social Services shall be the lead agency for child day care services in Connecticut. The department shall: (1) Identify, annually, existing child day care services and maintain an inventory of all available services; (2) provide technical assistance to corporations and private agencies in the development and expansion of child day care services for families at all income levels, including families of their employees and clients; (3) study and identify funding sources available for child day care including federal funds and tax benefits; (4) study the cost and availability of liability insurance for child day care providers; (5) provide, in conjunction with the Departments of Education and Higher Education, ongoing training for child day care providers including preparing videotaped workshops and distributing them to cable stations for broadcast on public access stations, and seek private donations to fund such training; (6) encourage child day care services to obtain accreditation; (7) develop a range of financing options for child care services, including the use of a tax-exempt bond program, a loan guarantee program and establishing a direct revolving loan program; (8) promote the colocation of child day care and school readiness programs pursuant to section 4b-31; (9) establish a performance-based evaluation system; (10) develop for recommendation to the Governor and the General Assembly measures to provide incentives for the private sector to develop and support expanded child day care services; (11) provide, within available funds and in conjunction with the temporary family assistance program as defined in section 17b-680, child day care to public assistance recipients; (12) develop and implement, with the assistance of the Child Day Care Council and the Departments of Public Health, Social Services, Education, Higher Education, Children and Families, Economic and Community Development and Consumer Protection, a state-wide coordinated child day care and early childhood education training system (A) for child day care centers, group day care homes and family day care homes that provide child day care services, and (B) that makes available to such providers and their staff, within available appropriations, scholarship assistance, career counseling and training, advancement in career ladders, as defined in section 4-124bb, through seamless articulation of levels of training, program accreditation support and other initiatives recommended by the Departments of Social Services, Education and Higher Education; (13) plan and implement a unit cost reimbursement system for state-funded child day care services such that, on and after January 1, 2008, any increase in reimbursement shall be based on a requirement that such centers meet the staff qualifications, as defined in subsection (b) of section 10-16p; (14) develop, within available funds, initiatives to increase compensation paid to child day care providers for educational opportunities, including, but not limited to, (A) incentives for educational advancement paid to persons employed by child day care centers receiving state or federal funds, and (B) support for the establishment and implementation by the [Labor] Commissioner of Economic and Community Development of apprenticeship programs for child day care workers pursuant to sections 31-22m to 31-22q, inclusive, as amended by this act, which programs shall be jointly administered by labor and management trustees; (15) evaluate the effectiveness of any initiatives developed pursuant to subdivision (14) of this section in improving staff retention rates and the quality of education and care provided to children; and (16) report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on the status of child day care in Connecticut. Such report shall include (A) an itemization of the allocation of state and federal funds for child care programs; (B) the number of children served under each program so funded; (C) the number and type of such programs, providers and support personnel; (D) state activities to encourage partnership between the public and private sectors; (E) average payments issued by the state for both part-time and full-time child care; (F) range of family income and percentages served within each range by such programs; and (G) age range of children served. |
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