Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01465 Compare Versions

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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1465
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 5811
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10	10		Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
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13	13		Introduced by:
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18	19		AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF CONSUMER
19	20		PROTECTION TO ALLOW CERTAIN SKILLED TRADE LICENSEES TO
20	21		DEVIATE FROM CERTAIN SKILLED TRADE HIRING RATIOS.
21	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	23		Assembly convened:
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24	25		Section 1. Section 20-332b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	26		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2
26	27		(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall amend existing 3
27	28		regulations of Connecticut state agencies adopted pursuant to section 4
28	29		20-332 to specify the following allowable hiring ratios regarding 5
29	30		apprentices, journeymen and contractors for the following trades: 6
30	31		T1 TRADE
31	32		T2 Electrical, Plumbing, Heating, Piping and Cooling,
32	33		T3 Sprinkler Fitter and Sheet Metal Work
33	34		T4
34	35		T5 Apprentices Licensees
35	36		T6 (Journeymen or Contractors)
36	37		T7 1 1
37	38		T8 2 2
38		-	T9 3 3 Raised Bill No. 1465
	39	+	T9 3 3
	40	+	Raised Bill No. 1465
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	44	+	LCO No. 5811 2 of 3
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43	46		T10 4 6
44	47		T11 5 9
45	48		T12 6 12
46	49		T13 7 15
47	50		T14 8 18
48	51		T15 9 21
49	52		T16 10 24
50	53		T17
51	54		T18 Ratio continues at 3 Journeypersons
52	55		T19 To 1 Apprentice
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54	57		(b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this 7
55	58		section, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection may allow a licensed 8
56	59		contractor in the electrical, plumbing, heating, piping and cooling, 9
57	60		sprinkler fitter or sheet metal work trades to hire one or more additional 10
58	61		apprentices even if the licensed contractor does not employ a sufficient 11
59	62		number of licensees to satisfy the applicable allowing hiring ratio 12
60	63		established in the regulations amended pursuant to subsection (a) of this 13
61	64		section, provided: 14
62	65		(A) The licensed contractor submits an application to the Department 15
63	66		of Consumer Protection, in a form and manner prescribed by the 16
64	67		commissioner, for each such apprentice, which application shall (i) 17
65	68		disclose the name of the licensed contractor and the name of the 18
66	69		apprentice, (ii) demonstrate that good cause exists for the commissioner 19
67	70		to allow the licensed contractor to hire the apprentice, and (iii) include 20
68	71		any other information the commissioner, in the commissioner's 21
69	72		discretion, deems relevant for the purposes of this subsection; and 22
70	73		(B) The commissioner determines, after reviewing the application 23
71	74		submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and in the 24
72	75		commissioner's discretion, that good cause exists for the commissioner 25
73	76		to allow the licensed contractor to hire the apprentice. 26
74	77		(2) Not later than ten business days after a licensed contractor 27
75	78		submits an application to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection 28
76	79		pursuant to subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the 29
77		-	~~commissioner shall (A) complete the commissioner's review of such 30~~ Raised Bill No. 1465
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	86	+	commissioner shall (A) complete the commissioner's review of such 30
82	87		application, (B) determine whether good cause exists for the 31
83	88		commissioner to allow the licensed contractor to hire the apprentice, 32
84	89		and (C) send notice to the licensed contractor, in a form and manner 33
85	90		prescribed by the commissioner, disclosing the commissioner's 34
86	91		determination regarding whether good cause exists for the 35
87	92		commissioner to allow the licensed contractor to hire the apprentice. 36
88	93		(3) If the Commissioner of Consumer Protection does not send notice 37
89	94		to the licensed contractor within the ten-business-day period 38
90	95		established in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the licensed contractor's 39
91	96		application shall be deemed to have been approved by the 40
92	97		commissioner. 41
93	98		(4) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may, in accordance 42
94	99		with the provisions of chapter 54, amend any regulations adopted 43
95	100		pursuant to section 20-332 and amended pursuant to subsection (a) of 44
96	101		this section for the purposes of this subsection. 45
97	102		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
98	103		sections:
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100	105		Section 1 July 1, 2025 20-332b
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102		-	GL Joint Favorable
	107	+	Statement of Purpose:
	108	+	To authorize the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to, for good
	109	+	cause shown, allow certain skilled trade licensees to deviate from the
	110	+	skilled trade hiring ratios applicable to such licensees.
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	112	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	113	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	114	+	underlined.]
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