STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

6842

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

November 8, 2019 ___________

Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring the state apprenticeship and training council to meet a certain number of times per year and provide a report

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 813 of the labor law, as amended 2 by chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows: 3 2. The council: (a) shall advise the commissioner of labor on appren- 4 tice training matters, including the matters of related and supplemental 5 instruction; (b) may recommend suggested standards for apprenticeship 6 agreements; (c) shall maintain a close and effective liaison with 7 governmental and nongovernmental agencies which are concerned with 8 skilled manpower development and problems; [and] (d) may recommend 9 research projects on facts and trends relating to apprenticeship train- 10 ing and the supply of and needs for skilled manpower[.]; (e) shall meet 11 no less than six times per calendar year at the call of the chair. Meet- 12 ings may be held via teleconference. Special meetings may be called by 13 the chair at the request of a majority of the members of the council; 14 and (f) shall provide an annual report to the governor and the legisla- 15 ture of its findings, meeting conclusions, recommendations and activ- 16 ities undertaken by the council, not later than one year after the 17 effective date of the chapter of the laws of 2019 which amended this 18 section and every year thereafter. 19 ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14079-01-9