 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           294
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens. RHOADS, BORRELLO, MATTERA, OBERACKER -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to apprenticeship training

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The section heading, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1
     2  and  subdivision  2 of section 811 of the labor law, the section heading
     3  and the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 482  of
     4  the  laws of 1961 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 51 of the laws
     5  of 1968, are amended to read as follows:
     6    Powers and duties of [industrial] the commissioner; personnel.
     7    The [industrial] commissioner shall  have  the  following  powers  and
     8  duties:
     9    2.  The  [industrial] commissioner shall appoint a person who shall be
    10  in charge of apprentice training in the department [of labor],  and  who
    11  shall  act as secretary of the state apprenticeship and training council
    12  and of state joint apprenticeship committees. The  [industrial]  commis-
    13  sioner  is  further  authorized to appoint such clerical, technical, and
    14  professional assistants as shall be necessary to effectuate the purposes
    15  of this article.  The  personnel  appointed  under  this  article  shall
    16  receive  an  annual compensation to be fixed by the [industrial] commis-
    17  sioner within the amount provided by appropriation.
    18    § 2. Paragraphs (k) and (l) of subdivision 1 of  section  811  of  the
    19  labor  law, as relettered by chapter 825 of the laws of 2021, are relet-
    20  tered (l) and (m) and a new paragraph (k) is added to read as follows:
    21    (k) to require such apprenticeship program is specific to the type and
    22  scope of work which is being performed and have a graduation rate of  at
    23  least thirty percent as determined by the department.
    24    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01197-01-5
Relates to apprenticeship training

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