Connecticut § 31-22r - Apprenticeship registration; apprentices, sponsors.

§ 31-22r. Apprenticeship registration; apprentices, sponsors.

Sec. 31-22r. Apprenticeship registration; apprentices, sponsors. (a)(1) Each person who registered as an apprentice with the Labor Department before July 1, 2003, and has not completed an apprenticeship as of July 9, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department a registration fee of twenty-five dollars on or before July 1, 2003, and a renewal registration fee of twenty-five dollars on or before July first of each subsequent year until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required.

(2) Each person who initially registers as an apprentice with the Labor Department on or after July 1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department a registration fee of fifty dollars at the time of registration and an annual renewal registration fee of fifty dollars until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) such person has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required.

(b) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor Department as of July 1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department an annual registration fee of sixty dollars for each apprentice participating in such program until the apprentice has completed the apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of occupational license, if required, or such program is cancelled by the sponsor or deregistered for cause by the Labor Department in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, whichever is earlier.

(c) Each person sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor Department as of or on or after July 1, 2024, shall annually submit the following information along with such sponsor's annual registration fee: (1) The current minimum completion rate of such sponsor's apprenticeship program, (2) the number of registered apprentices currently participating in such sponsor's program, (3) the number of licensed journeypersons currently employed by such sponsor, (4) the number of registered apprentices participating in such program who have advanced a year since the date of such sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new sponsors, (5) the number of apprentices who have separated from such sponsor's program since the date of such sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new sponsors, (6) the number of apprentices who have completed an apprenticeship program with such sponsor since the date of such sponsor's previous registration, or year to date for new sponsors, and (7) the number of apprentices who completed such sponsor's program who have been issued an occupational license by the Department of Consumer Protection and are currently employed by such sponsor. All information shall be submitted in a form and manner as prescribed by the commissioner and disaggregated by gender identity, race and ethnicity. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1-210, such information provided by a sponsor shall be considered a public record and all persons shall have the right to inspect and copy such records in accordance with the provisions of section 1-212.

(d) Fifty per cent of any amount collected by the Labor Department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the General Fund and fifty per cent of such amount shall be credited to a separate nonlapsing appropriation to the Labor Department, for the purpose of administering the department's apprentice training program and sections 31-22m to 31-22p, inclusive.

(P.A. 03-207, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 368; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 108; P.A. 23-204, S. 163.)

History: P.A. 03-207 effective July 9, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased registration fees in Subsec. (a)(2) from $25 to $50, increased registration fee in Subsec. (b) from $30 to $60 and deleted provision re credit of amount collected to separate nonlapsing appropriation to Labor Department and purpose of same in Subsec. (c); Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 amended Subsec. (c) to provide that 50% of amount collected be credited to separate nonlapsing appropriation to Labor Department for purpose of apprentice training program and Secs. 31-22m to 31-22p; P.A. 23-204 added new Subsec. (c) re information to be submitted with apprenticeship program sponsor's annual registration fee and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective January 1, 2024.