The Florida Senate

¹446.045  State Apprenticeship Advisory Council.--

(1)  As used in this section, the term:

(a)  "Joint employee organization" means an apprenticeship sponsor who participates in a collective bargaining agreement and represents employees.

(b)  "Nonjoint employer organization" means an apprenticeship sponsor who does not participate in a collective bargaining agreement and who represents management.

(2)(a)  There is created a State Apprenticeship Advisory Council to be composed of 10 voting members appointed by the Governor and two ex officio nonvoting members. The purpose of the advisory council is to advise the department on matters relating to apprenticeship. The advisory council may not establish policy, adopt rules, or consider whether particular apprenticeship programs should be approved by the department.

(b)  The Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee shall serve ex officio as chair of the State Apprenticeship Advisory Council, but may not vote. The state director of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training of the United States Department of Labor shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting member of the council. The Governor shall appoint to the council five members representing sponsors of joint employee organizations and five members representing sponsors of nonjoint employer organizations. Each member shall represent industries that have registered apprenticeship programs. Members shall be appointed for 4-year staggered terms. A vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(c)  The council shall meet at the call of the chair or at the request of a majority of its membership, but at least twice a year. A majority of the voting members shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum is necessary to take action.

(d)  The Governor may remove any member for cause.

(e)  The council shall maintain minutes of each meeting. The department shall keep on file the minutes of each meeting and shall make the minutes available to any interested person.

(f)  Members of the council shall serve without compensation, but are entitled to receive reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061

History.--ss. 1, 2, ch. 82-55; s. 22, ch. 83-174; s. 69, ch. 85-81; s. 1, ch. 88-14; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 11, ch. 95-345; s. 145, ch. 97-103; s. 54, ch. 99-5; s. 116, ch. 2000-165; s. 5, ch. 2004-322.

¹Note.--Section 12, ch. 2004-322, provides that "[t]he amendments made by this act to section 446.045, Florida Statutes, shall apply prospectively to appointments that fill current and future vacancies on the State Apprenticeship Advisory Council. These amendments do not affect the terms of members or remove a member serving on the advisory council before the effective date of this act."