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SENATE BILL NO. 5689
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State of Washington 50th Legislature 1987 Regular Session
By Senators Warnke and Bender
Read first time 2/6/87 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to apprenticeship programs; and amending RCW 49.04.010 and 49.04.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 1, chapter 231, Laws of 1941 as last amended by section 97, chapter 287, Laws of 1984 and RCW 49.04.010 are each amended to read as follows:
The
director of labor and industries shall appoint an apprenticeship council,
composed of three representatives each from employer and employee
organizations, respectively. The terms of office of the members of the
apprenticeship council first appointed by the director of labor and industries
shall be as follows: One representative each of employers and employees shall
be appointed for one year, two years, and three years, respectively.
Thereafter, each member shall be appointed for a term of three years. The
governor shall appoint a public member to the apprenticeship council for a
three-year term. The appointment of the public member is subject to
confirmation by the senate. Each member shall hold office until his successor
is appointed and has qualified and any vacancy shall be filled by appointment
for the unexpired portion of the term. The state official who has been
designated by the commission for vocational education as being in charge of
trade and industrial education and the state official who has immediate charge
of the state public employment service shall ex officio be members of said council,
without vote. Each member of the council, not otherwise compensated by public
moneys, shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW
43.03.050 and 43.03.060 and shall be compensated ((in accordance with RCW
43.03.240)) at the rate of one hundred dollars per day for official
meetings of the council. The apprenticeship council with the consent of
employee and employer groups shall: (1) Establish standards for apprenticeship
agreements in conformity with the provisions of this chapter; (2) issue such
rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes
of this chapter, including a procedure to resolve an impasse should a tie vote
of the council occur; and (3) perform such other duties as are hereinafter
imposed. Not less than once a year the apprenticeship council shall make a
report to the director of labor and industries of its activities and findings
which shall be available to the public.
Sec. 2. Section 2, chapter 231, Laws of 1941 as last amended by section 2, chapter 37, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. and RCW 49.04.030 are each amended to read as follows:
Subject to
the confirmation of the state apprenticeship council by a majority vote, the
director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant
director to be known as the supervisor of apprenticeship. Under the
supervision of the director of labor and industries and with the advice and
guidance of the apprenticeship council, the supervisor shall: (1) Encourage and
promote the making of apprenticeship agreements conforming to the standards
established by or in accordance with this chapter, and in harmony with the
policies of the United States department of labor; (2) act as secretary of the
apprenticeship council and of state joint apprenticeship committees; (3) when
so authorized by the apprenticeship council, register such apprenticeship
agreements as are in the best interests of the apprentice and conform to the
standards established by or in accordance with this chapter; (4) keep a record
of apprenticeship agreements and upon performance thereof issue certificates of
completion of apprenticeship; (5) terminate or cancel any apprenticeship
agreements in accordance with the provisions of such agreements; ((and who))
(6) ((may)) act, at his or her discretion, to bring about the
settlement of differences arising out of the apprenticeship agreement where
such differences cannot be adjusted locally or in accordance with the
established trade procedure; and who (7) shall not establish a new
apprenticeship agreement or program while one exists for a trade or craft.
The apprenticeship council shall not be authorized to combine crafts or trades to establish a new apprenticeship program. Duel state apprenticeship programs are prohibited.
Related and supplemental instruction for apprentices, coordination of instruction with job experiences, and the selection and training of teachers and coordinators for such instruction shall be the responsibility of the commission for vocational education and its local recognized agency for vocational education. The director of labor and industries is authorized to appoint such other personnel as may be necessary to aid the apprenticeship council and the supervisor of apprenticeship in the execution of their functions under this chapter.