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7	7		General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1125
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14	14		AN ACT CONCERNING APPRENTICESHIP REPORTING DATA.
15	15		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
16	16		Assembly convened:
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18	18		Section 1. Section 31-22r of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
19	19		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 2
20	20		(a) (1) Each person who registered as an apprentice with the Labor 3
21	21		Department before July 1, 2003, and has not completed an 4
22	22		apprenticeship as of July 9, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department a 5
23	23		registration fee of twenty-five dollars on or before July 1, 2003, and a 6
24	24		renewal registration fee of twenty-five dollars on or before July first of 7
25	25		each subsequent year until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) 8
26	26		such person has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid 9
27	27		journeyperson card of occupational license, if required. 10
28		-	(2) Each person who initially registers as an apprentice with the ~~Labor~~ 11
29		-	Department on or after July 1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor ~~Department~~ 12
30		-	a registration fee of fifty dollars at the time of registration ~~and an annual~~ 13
31		-	renewal registration fee of fifty dollars until (A) such ~~registration is~~ 14
32		-	withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an ~~apprenticeship and~~ 15
33		-	possesses a valid journeyperson card of ~~occupational license, if~~ 16
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	28	+	(2) Each person who initially registers as an apprentice with the 11
	29	+	Labor Department on or after July 1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor 12
	30	+	Department a registration fee of fifty dollars at the time of registration 13
	31	+	and an annual renewal registration fee of fifty dollars until (A) such 14
	32	+	registration is withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an 15
	33	+	apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of 16
	34	+	occupational license, if required. 17
35	35		(b) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered 18 Substitute Bill No. 1125
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42	42		with the Labor Department as of July 1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor 19
43	43		Department an annual registration fee of sixty dollars for each 20
44	44		apprentice participating in such program until the apprentice has 21
45		-	completed the apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson ~~card~~ 22
46		-	of occupational license, if required, or such program is cancelled ~~by the~~ 23
47		-	sponsor or deregistered for cause by the Labor Department in 24
	45	+	completed the apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson 22
	46	+	card of occupational license, if required, or such program is cancelled 23
	47	+	by the sponsor or deregistered for cause by the Labor Department in 24
48	48		accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, 25
49	49		whichever is earlier. 26
50	50		(c) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered 27
51	51		with the Labor Department as of July 1, 2024, shall annually submit the 28
52		-	following information along with such sponsor's annual registration ~~fee:~~ 29
53		-	(1) The current minimum completion rate of such sponsor's 30
	52	+	following information along with such sponsor's annual registration 29
	53	+	fee: (1) The current minimum completion rate of such sponsor's 30
54	54		apprenticeship program, (2) the number of registered apprentices 31
55	55		currently participating in such sponsor's program, (3) the number of 32
56	56		licensed journeypersons currently employed by such sponsor, (4) the 33
57	57		number of registered apprentices participating in such program who 34
58	58		have advanced a year since the date of such sponsor's previous 35
59	59		registration, or year to date for new sponsors, (5) the number of 36
60		-	apprentices who have separated from such sponsor's program since ~~the~~ 37
61		-	date of such sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new 38
	60	+	apprentices who have separated from such sponsor's program since 37
	61	+	the date of such sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new 38
62	62		sponsors, (6) the number of apprentices who have completed an 39
63	63		apprenticeship program with such sponsor since the date of such 40
64	64		sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new sponsors, and 41
65	65		(7) the number of apprentices who completed such sponsor's program 42
66	66		who have been issued an occupational license by the Department of 43
67	67		Consumer Protection and are currently employed by such sponsor. All 44
68	68		information shall be submitted in a form and manner as prescribed by 45
69	69		the commissioner and disaggregated by gender identity, race and 46
70	70		ethnicity. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1-210, such 47
71	71		information provided by a sponsor shall be considered a public record 48
72	72		and all persons shall have the right to inspect and copy such records in 49
73	73		accordance with the provisions of section 1-212. 50
74	74		[(c)] (d) Fifty per cent of any amount collected by the Labor 51 Substitute Bill No. 1125
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81	81		Department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the General 52
82	82		Fund and fifty per cent of such amount shall be credited to a separate 53
83	83		nonlapsing appropriation to the Labor Department, for the purpose of 54
84	84		administering the department's apprentice training program and 55
85	85		sections 31-22m to 31-22p, inclusive. 56
86	86		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
87	87		sections:
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89	89		Section 1 July 1, 2024 31-22r
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91	91		LAB Joint Favorable Subst.
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