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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1485
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE
APPRENTICESHIP RATIO RELIEF APPLICATION PROCESS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a working 1
group to study and make recommendations concerning the 2
apprenticeship ratio relief application process. Such study shall include, 3
but need not be limited to, an examination of (1) delays in the 4
application process, and (2) proposals to expedite the application 5
process. 6
(b) The working group shall consist of the following members: 7
(1) The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing 8
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 9
relating to labor and public employees; 10
(2) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 11
one of whom has expertise in the construction and building trades; 12
(3) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate who is 13
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a member of a construction and building trade collective bargaining 14
unit; 15
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 16
Representatives; 17
(5) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 18
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 19
Representatives; 20
(7) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and 21
(8) The Labor Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; 22
(c) Any member of the working group appointed under subdivision 23
(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) or (7) of subsection (b) of this section may be a 24
member of the General Assembly. 25
(d) All initial appointments to the working group shall be made not 26
later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy 27
shall be filled by the appointing authority. 28
(e) The chairpersons of the joint standing committee having 29
cognizance of matters relating to labor and public employees shall select 30
the chairpersons of the working group from among the members of the 31
working group. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the 32
working group, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the 33
effective date of this section. 34
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 35
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and 36
public employees shall serve as administrative staff of the working 37
group. 38
(g) Not later than January 1, 2026, the working group shall submit a 39
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 40
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committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 41
relating to labor and public employees, in accordance with the 42
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The working group 43
shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2026, 44
whichever is later. 45
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a working group to study and provide recommendations
for the apprenticeship ratio relief application process.
[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.]