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H. B. No. 541 As IntroducedAs Introduced
129th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2011-2012 |
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Representatives Hagan, C., Sprague
Cosponsors:
Representatives Adams, J., Baker, Derickson, Hackett, Newbold, Wachtmann, Garland
A BILL
To amend sections 4139.01, 4139.03, 4139.04, and
4139.05 of the Revised Code to revise the law
governing Ohio's registered apprenticeship
program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 4139.01, 4139.03, 4139.04, and
4139.05 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4139.01. As used in sections 4139.01 to 4139.06 of the
Revised Code this chapter:
(A) "Apprentice" means a person at least sixteen years of
age, except when a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed
by law, who is covered by an in a registered apprenticeship
program to learn a skilled occupation, pursuant to a registered
apprenticeship agreement.
(B) "Apprenticeship agreement" means a written agreement,
registered with the
Ohio state apprenticeship council, providing
for not less than two thousand hours of reasonably continuous
employment, and for participation in an approved schedule of work
experience through employment, which shall be supplemented by a
minimum of one hundred forty-four hours per year of related and
supplemental instructions.
(C) "Council office" means the unit of the department of job
and family services that staffs the apprenticeship council and
performs the administrative and oversight functions concerning
this state's registered apprenticeship system.
Sec. 4139.03. The apprenticeship council may
establish
recommend minimum standards for apprenticeship programs and may
formulate policies and issue recommend rules as may be necessary
to carry out the purpose of sections 4139.01 to 4139.06 of the
Revised Code this chapter. The council shall determine the date
and place of its meetings and shall prescribe its own rules of
procedure.
Sec. 4139.04. The director of job and family services shall
appoint the executive secretary of the apprenticeship council
office, which appointment shall be subject to confirmation by a
majority vote of the apprenticeship council. The director shall
appoint such additional personnel as may be necessary, subject to
Chapter 124. of the Revised Code.
Sec. 4139.05. The executive secretary of the
apprenticeship
council office has the following duties:
(A) Encourage the voluntary participation of employers and
employees in the furtherance of the objective of sections 4139.01
to 4139.06 of the Revised Code this chapter;
(B) Register any apprenticeship programs and agreements that
meet the minimum standards established by the council federal
regulations and state rules governing the registered
apprenticeship system;
(C) Terminate or cancel on the authority of in consultation
with the apprenticeship council any registered apprenticeship
programs and agreements not in accordance compliance with the
provisions of such standards;
(D) Keep a record of apprenticeship programs and their
disposition;
(E) Issue certificate of completion of apprenticeship in
accordance with the council's standards;
(F) Devise and implement all necessary procedures and records
minimum standards as are necessary for the administration of the
registered apprenticeship system;
(F) Implement administrative rules adopted by the director of
job and family services as necessary for the administration of the
registered apprenticeship system;
(G) Prepare statistical reports regarding apprenticeship
training;
(H) Issue information related to apprenticeship;
(I) Perform such other duties as the council may direct
appropriate under the applicable rules and regulations.
Section 2. That existing sections 4139.01, 4139.03, 4139.04,
and 4139.05 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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