As Introduced

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

H. B. No. 541

Representatives Hagan, C., Sprague 

Cosponsors: Representatives Adams, J., Baker, Derickson, Hackett, Newbold, Wachtmann, Garland 

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A BILL

To amend sections 4139.01, 4139.03, 4139.04, and

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4139.05 of the Revised Code to revise the law

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governing Ohio's registered apprenticeship

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program.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That sections 4139.01, 4139.03, 4139.04, and	5
4139.05 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:	6

Sec. 4139.01.  As used in sections 4139.01 to 4139.06 of the	7
Revised Codethis chapter:	8

(A) "Apprentice" means a person at least sixteen years of	9
age, except when a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed	10
by law, who is covered by anin a registered apprenticeship	11
program to learn a skilled occupation, pursuant to a registered	12
apprenticeship agreement.	13

(B) "Apprenticeship agreement" means a written agreement,	14
registered with the Ohio state apprenticeship council, providing	15
for not less than two thousand hours of reasonably continuous	16
employment, and for participation in an approved schedule of work	17
experience through employment, which shall be supplemented by a	18
minimum of one hundred forty-four hours per year of related and	19
supplemental instructions.	20

(C) "Council office" means the unit of the department of job	21
and family services that staffs the apprenticeship council and	22
performs the administrative and oversight functions concerning	23
this state's registered apprenticeship system.	24

Sec. 4139.03.  The apprenticeship council may establish	25
recommend minimum standards for apprenticeship programs and may	26
formulate policies and issuerecommend rules as may be necessary	27
to carry out the purpose of sections 4139.01 to 4139.06 of the	28
Revised Codethis chapter. The council shall determine the date	29
and place of its meetings and shall prescribe its own rules of	30
procedure.	31

Sec. 4139.04.  The director of job and family services shall	32
appoint the executive secretary of the apprenticeship council	33
office, which appointment shall be subject to confirmation by a	34
majority vote of the apprenticeship council. The director shall	35
appoint such additional personnel as may be necessary, subject to	36
Chapter 124. of the Revised Code.	37

Sec. 4139.05.  The executive secretary of the apprenticeship	38
council office has the following duties:	39

(A) Encourage the voluntary participation of employers and	40
employees in the furtherance of the objective of sections 4139.01	41
to 4139.06 of the Revised Codethis chapter;	42

(B) Register any apprenticeship programs and agreements that	43
meet the minimum standards established by the councilfederal	44
regulations and state rules governing the registered	45
apprenticeship system;	46

(C) Terminate or cancel on the authority ofin consultation	47
with the apprenticeship council any registered apprenticeship	48
programs and agreements not in accordancecompliance with the	49
provisions of such standards;	50

(D) Keep a record of apprenticeship programs and their	51
disposition;	52

(E) Issue certificate of completion of apprenticeship in	53
accordance with the council's standards;	54

(F) Devise and implement all necessary procedures and records	55
minimum standards as are necessary for the administration of the	56
registered apprenticeship system;	57

(F) Implement administrative rules adopted by the director of	58
job and family services as necessary for the administration of the	59
registered apprenticeship system;	60

(G) Prepare statistical reports regarding apprenticeship	61
training;	62

(H) Issue information related to apprenticeship;

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(I) Perform such other duties as the council may direct	64
appropriate under the applicable rules and regulations.	65

Section 2. That existing sections 4139.01, 4139.03, 4139.04,	66
and 4139.05 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.	67