BILL NUMBER: AB 1028	CHAPTERED  10/12/03

	CHAPTER  842
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 12, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 11, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 9, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 21, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 4, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bermudez
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Hancock, Koretz, and Levine)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2003

   An act to add Section 3073.3 to, and to add and repeal Section
3073.2 of the Labor Code, relating to apprenticeship.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1028, Bermudez.  California Apprenticeship Council.
   Existing law provides that the California Apprenticeship Council
has the duties to develop the welfare of apprentices, to improve the
working condition of apprentices, and to advance their opportunities
for profitable employment.  Existing law, repealed on January 1,
2003, authorized the California Apprenticeship Council to adopt
industry-specific training criteria for use by apprenticeship
programs, with certain requirements.
   This bill would reenact this authority of the council and extend
it until January 1, 2007, at which time it would be repealed.
   This bill would also provide that it is the intent of the
Legislature that the Department of Industrial Relations will
encourage greater participation for women and ethnic minorities in
apprenticeship programs.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 3073.2 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   3073.2.  (a) The California Apprenticeship Council may adopt
industry-specific training criteria for use by apprenticeship
programs subject to the requirements of this chapter.  The adoption
of those criteria, as established following notice and a workshop
pursuant to Section 212.01 of Title 8 of the California Code of
Regulations is not subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
11340) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
   (b) Audits conducted by the division pursuant to Section 3073.1
shall ensure that any applicable training criteria established
pursuant to this section are followed.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2007, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2007, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 3073.3 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   3073.3.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department
of Industrial Relations will encourage greater participation for
women and ethnic minorities in apprenticeship programs.