FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2023

January 24, 2023

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your LABOR, VETERANS & MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

HOUSE BILL 46

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

1. On page 1, line 13, after the semicolon, insert "CREATING THE APPRENTICESHIP SCHOLARSHIP FUND;".

 

     2. On page 4, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following new section:

 

     "SECTION 4. A new section of the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act is enacted to read:

 

     "[NEW MATERIAL] APPRENTICESHIP SCHOLARSHIP FUND CREATED--DISBURSEMENT.--

 

          A. The "apprenticeship scholarship fund" is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations, bequests, income from investment of the fund and other money distributed or otherwise allocated to the fund. The department shall administer the fund, and money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature to the department to carry out the purposes of the fund. Disbursements from the fund shall be made by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the secretary of workforce solutions.

 

          B. The fund shall be used by the department for:

 

                (1) purchasing and making available books, tools, computers and other materials and electronic equipment needed for the apprenticeship program;

 

                (2) fees for the program or any related licenses or certifications; and

 

                (3) covering the unreimbursed expenses incurred by apprentices to successfully complete an approved apprentice and training program, such as child care and transportation."".

 

     3. Renumber the succeeding sections accordingly.

 

 

 

and thence referred to the GOVERNMENT, ELECTIONS AND INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.                            

                             Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                 

Eliseo Lee Alcon, Chair

 

 

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 11 For 0 Against

Yes:      11

No:       0

Excused:  None

Absent:   None

 

 

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