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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5396
February Session, 2020
LCO No. 2117
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E MILITARY TRAINING EVALUATION
CONDUCTED BY THE LAB OR DEPARTMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 31-22u of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2020): 2
Any member of the armed forces or National Guard or any veteran, 3
within [two] five years of such veteran's discharge from the armed 4
forces, may submit an application for military training evaluation to the 5
Labor Department program of apprentice training set forth in section 6
31-22q. Such application shall include (1) evidence of satisfactory 7
completion of a program or course of instruction as part of military 8
training that is equivalent in content and quality to that required for a 9
specific trade in this state, and (2) if such applicant is a veteran, such 10
veteran's military discharge document or a certified copy thereof. The 11
Labor Commissioner shall evaluate any such application and determine 12
whether the applicant's military training may be substituted for all or 13
part of the term of an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor 14
Department for a specific trade. If the commissioner determines that the 15 Raised Bill No. 5396
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applicant's military training is equivalent to the training required for 16
completion of such apprenticeship program, the commissioner shall 17
issue such applicant a recommendation for review by the appropriate 18
examining board established under section 20-331. Presentation of such 19
recommendation, pursuant to section 20-333, shall allow such applicant 20
to sit for any licensure examination without participation in an 21
apprenticeship program. If the commissioner determines that the 22
applicant's military training is equivalent to part of the training required 23
for completion of an apprenticeship program, such applicant's hours of 24
qualified military training, as determined by the commissioner, shall be 25
deducted from the hours of apprenticeship training required for the 26
specific trade provided (A) such applicant completes the minimum 27
number of hours of apprenticeship training required under federal law, 28
and (B) prior to implementation of this provision, the Labor Department 29
obtains concurrence with such provision from the federal office of 30
apprenticeship pursuant to 29 CFR 29.13(b)(9). For the purposes of this 31
section, (i) "veteran" means any person who was discharged or released 32
under conditions other than dishonorable from active service in the 33
armed forces, (ii) "armed forces" has the same meaning as provided in 34
section 27-103, and (iii) "military discharge document" has the same 35
meaning as provided in section 1-219. 36
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2020 31-22u
Statement of Purpose:
To extend the time limit for veterans to apply to the Labor Department
for a military training evaluation.
[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.]