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	7	+	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 215
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4		-	Substitute Senate Bill No. 215
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6		-	Public Act No. 22-46
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9		-	AN ACT CONCERNING ENGINEERING, MAINTAINER ~~AND OPEN~~
10		-	~~POSITIONS~~ AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
	14	+	AN ACT CONCERNING ENGINEERING AND MAINTAINER POSITIONS
	15	+	AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
11	16		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
12	17		Assembly convened:
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14		-	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) The Commissioner of
15		-	Administrative Services shall recruit interns for the summer worker
16		-	professional engineer job classification for the Department of
17		-	Transportation when requested by the Commissioner of Transportation.
18		-	The commissioners shall promote any such recruitment at public and
19		-	independent institutions of higher education.
20		-	(b) On and after July 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the
21		-	Commissioner of Administrative Services shall increase the rate of
22		-	compensation for the summer worker professional engineer job
23		-	classification by the percentage increase, if any, in the national consumer
24		-	price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for the previous
25		-	twelve-month period.
26		-	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) On and after July 1, 2022, and
27		-	until June 30, 2025, (1) the Commissioner of Administrative Services
28		-	shall engage in the ongoing successive recruitment of entry-level
29		-	engineering positions, entry-level transportation maintainer one
30		-	positions and transportation maintainer two positions on behalf of the Substitute Senate Bill No. 215
	19	+	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) The Commissioner of 1
	20	+	Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of 2
	21	+	Transportation, shall, within available resources, recruit interns for the 3
	22	+	state's engineer intern job classification, as needed, for selection and 4
	23	+	appointment by the Department of Transportation. The Commissioners 5
	24	+	of Administrative Services and Transportation shall, within available 6
	25	+	resources, promote such recruitment at public and independent 7
	26	+	institutions of higher education. 8
	27	+	(b) On and after July 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the 9
	28	+	Commissioner of Administrative Services shall, within available 10
	29	+	resources, increase the rate of compensation for the state's engineer 11
	30	+	intern job classification by the percentage increase, if any, in the national 12
	31	+	consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for 13
	32	+	the previous twelve-month period. 14
	33	+	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) On and after July 1, 2022, and 15
	34	+	until June 30, 2025, (1) the Commissioner of Administrative Services 16
	35	+	shall, within available resources, place entry-level engineering and 17
	36	+	maintainer positions and level two maintainer positions at the 18 Substitute Bill No. 215
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34		-	Department of Transportation, (2) the Commissioner of Transportation
35		-	shall establish the duration of the application period for each such
36		-	recruitment, and (3) not later than one hundred twenty days after a
37		-	candidate submits an application for any such position, the
38		-	Commissioner of Transportation shall either make an offer of
39		-	employment to such candidate or reject the application of such
40		-	candidate.
41		-	Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) Notwithstanding the provisions
42		-	of chapter 67 of the general statutes, the Commissioner of
43		-	Transportation may consider an application for employment submitted
44		-	by a candidate for a position at the Department of Transportation for
45		-	another open position at the department without requiring such
46		-	candidate to submit an application for such other position, provided
47		-	such candidate meets the minimum qualifications of experience and
48		-	training for such other position.
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	43	+	Department of Transportation on continuous recruitment, and (2) not 19
	44	+	later than sixty days after a candidate submits an application for such 20
	45	+	entry-level engineering or maintainer position or level two maintainer 21
	46	+	position, the Commissioner of Transportation shall either make an offer 22
	47	+	of employment to such candidate or reject the application of such 23
	48	+	candidate. 24
	49	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	50	+	sections:
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	52	+	Section 1 July 1, 2022 New section
	53	+	Sec. 2 July 1, 2022 New section
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	55	+	APP Joint Favorable Subst.
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