Senate Bill No. 5
Special Act No. 19-6
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKFORCE PIPELINE AND JOB
CREATION TASK FORCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a workforce
pipeline and job creation task force to prepare the state's future
workforce for well-paying manufacturing and technical jobs and to
study the availability and location of apprenticeships located in
Connecticut.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of
Representatives;
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of
Representatives;
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; Senate Bill No. 5
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(7) The Labor Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; and
(8) Two persons appointed by the Governor.
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1),
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member
of the General Assembly.
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be
filled by the appointing authority.
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the
Department of Consumer Protection shall serve as administrative staff
of the task force.
(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to labor, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of
the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it
submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later.