LCO No. 5067 1 of 2 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1029 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 5067 Referred to Committee on COMMERCE Introduced by: (CE) AN ACT CONCERNING PU BLIC UTILITY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 10-98a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2 The director of each technical education and career school shall 3 meet with members of the business community, representatives of 4 electric, gas, water and wastewater utilities and representatives from 5 state colleges and universities offering courses in public utility 6 management within the geographic area served by the technical 7 education and career school to develop a plan to assess workforce 8 needs and implement curriculum modifications to address those 9 needs. 10 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2019 10-98a Raised Bill No. 1029 LCO No. 5067 2 of 2 Statement of Purpose: To require the director of each technical education and career school to meet with representatives of public utilities and representatives of certain state colleges and universities to assess workforce needs and implement curriculum modifications. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]