Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00026 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/04/2011

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 26
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 164
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
SEN. PRAGUE, 19th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 26 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 164

Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security 

Introduced by:

SEN. PRAGUE, 19th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING CRANE OPERATORS.

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

That chapter 539 of the general statutes be amended to (1) require that anyone who applies for and receives a crane operator's apprentice license be enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program, (2) increase the penalty for anyone operating a crane without a license or without being enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program, and (3) permit the Department of Public Safety to remove any violator from the job site.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require crane operator's apprentices to be enrolled in a registered apprenticeship program, and to impose additional penalties for violations of the crane operator licensing provisions.