Section 343.020 - Kentucky Apprenticeship Council(1) The Kentucky Apprenticeship Council is hereby created and established as an administrative body charged with providing advice to the commissioner on matters affecting apprenticeship policy.(2)(a) The Kentucky Apprenticeship Council shall consist of six (6) members appointed by the Governor as follows: two (2) members who shall represent employees or apprentices, two (2) members who shall represent employers or apprenticeship program sponsors, and two (2) at-large members. These six (6) members shall serve for a term of four (4) years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The commissioner of the Department for Workforce Development shall serve as the seventh member and be chair of the council.(b) The council shall meet at the call of the commissioner. A majority of the members of the council, except for the commissioner of the Department of Workforce Development, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.(c) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring for any reason other than by expiration of a term shall be appointed for the remainder of the unexpired term. Any member whose term has expired, however, shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.(d) Members shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in fulfillment of their duties on the council in the manner and amounts prescribed for state employees by KRS 45.101 and the administrative regulations promulgated under the authority of that statute. No member of the council, however, shall be paid for his or her attendance at any meeting.(3) The council shall be attached to the Department of Workforce Development within the Education and Labor Cabinet for administrative purposes.Amended by 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 236,§ 168, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 173,§ 7, eff. 6/26/2019.Amended by 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 177,§ 3, eff. 6/29/2017.Amended by 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 8,§ 2, eff. 7/15/2014.Effective:7/15/2010
Amended 2010, Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1864, effective7/15/2010. --Amended 2009, Ky. Acts ch. 35, sec. 1, effective 6/25/2009. -- Amended 1997, (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 147, effective 5/30/1997. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec. 62, effective 7/1/1990. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 414, sec. 40, effective 7/13/1984. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 2.