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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1486 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1959 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Erika Uyterhoeven |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act expanding worker ownership training opportunities. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex1/17/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1486 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1959 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1959) of Erika Uyterhoeven relative to worker ownership training opportunities. Labor and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Workforce Development. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2059 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act expanding worker ownership training opportunities. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 23H, Section 7, Subsection (i) of the General Laws is amended by inserting after |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2the phrase “regional workforce needs of the Commonwealth” the following:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 The board shall ensure that worker-owners of employee-owned businesses, as defined in |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4chapter 23D Section 1, including worker-owned limited liability companies taxed as partnerships |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5as such term is used in such chapter, are eligible for opportunities to learn business ownership |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6and development skills through training programs offered under the Workforce Investment |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7Opportunity Act. 2 of 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 The Training Opportunities Program coordinated by the Department of Unemployment |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9Assistance shall approve competent providers to offer training in business ownership skills to |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10eligible unemployed workers. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 Owners of Limited Liability Companies and independent contractors shall be permitted |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12to be eligible for training funds under the On-The-Job program. |
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