General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6384
January Session, 2011 *_____HB06384CE____031711____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 6384
January Session, 2011
*_____HB06384CE____031711____*
AN ACT INCREASING THE REGISTRATION FEES FOR THE LABOR DEPARTMENT'S APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 31-22r of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(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registration fee of twenty-five dollars on or before July first of each subsequent year until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required.
(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at the time of registration and an annual renewal registration fee of fifty dollars until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required.
(3) Each person who initially registers as an apprentice with the Labor Department on or after the effective date of this section shall pay to the Labor Department a registration fee of one hundred fifteen dollars at the time of registration and an annual renewal registration fee of one hundred fifteen dollars until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required.
(b) (1) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor Department as of July 1, 2003, but prior to the effective date of this section, shall pay to the Labor Department an annual registration fee of sixty dollars for each apprentice participating in such program 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.
(2) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor Department on or after the effective date of this section shall pay to the Labor Department an annual registration fee of one hundred forty dollars for each apprentice participating in such program 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.
(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.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 31-22r
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
31-22r
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