Report Title:

Apprenticeship Council; Membership; Duties

Description:

Specifies council membership and expands the duties of the apprenticeship council.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

142

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

  

STATE OF HAWAII

  

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to the apprenticeship council.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 372-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§372-4 Apprenticeship council[.]; established; composition. [The director of labor and industrial relations may establish] There is established within the department of labor and industrial relations a committee to be known as the apprenticeship council which shall [sit in an advisory capacity to the director on matters within the jurisdiction] have jurisdiction over matters of the department relating to apprenticeship programs. [The membership and organization of the council shall be determined by the director. The members of the council shall be appointed and removed at the pleasure of the director.] The members of the council shall be appointed to staggered terms of five years and shall consist of five members appointed by the governor pursuant to section 26-34 as follows:

(1) One member from a list of three nominees submitted by the senate president;

(2) One member from a list of three nominees submitted by the minority leader of the senate;

(3) One member from a list of three nominees submitted by the speaker of the house of representatives;

(4) One member from a list of three nominees submitted by the minority leader of the house of representatives; and

(5) One member appointed by the governor.

The director or the director's subordinate officer in charge of the apprenticeship program shall serve as an ex officio member and act as secretary of the council. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses, including travel expenses, necessary for the performance of their duties."

SECTION 2. Section 372-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§372-5 Powers and duties of [director.] the council. The [director of labor and industrial relations] apprenticeship council shall:

(1) Establish standards for apprenticeship agreements in conformity with this chapter;

(2) Provide assistance for the development of on-the-job training programs in nonapprenticeable occupations;

(3) Encourage and promote the making of apprenticeship agreements conforming to the standards established by this chapter;

(4) Register such apprenticeship agreements as are in the best interest of apprenticeship and which conform to the standards established by this chapter;

(5) Keep a record of apprenticeship agreements and upon performance thereof issue certificates of completion of apprenticeship;

(6) Terminate or cancel any apprenticeship agreements in accordance with the agreements;

(7) Bring about the settlement of differences arising out of the apprenticeship agreement where the differences cannot be otherwise adjusted locally;

(8) Issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this chapter;

(9) Appoint personnel as are necessary in the execution of the functions required under this chapter; and

(10) Perform other duties as are necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this chapter."

SECTION 3. Section 372-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§372-7 Joint apprenticeship committees. Local joint apprenticeship committees may be approved by the director of labor and industrial relations in any trade, group of trades, or in trade areas, whenever the apprentice training needs of the trade or group of trades justifies the establishment of the committees. The joint apprenticeship committees shall be composed of an equal number of persons known to represent the interest of employers and employees, respectively. Subject to the review of the [director] apprenticeship council and in accordance with the standards established by this chapter and by the [director,] apprenticeship council, the committees shall devise standards for apprenticeship agreements and give assistance to the operation and further development of apprenticeship in their respective trade and localities."

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

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