Bill Text: OR SB1541 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to plumbing apprenticeships; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-05 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB1541 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2012-SB1541-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session

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LC 289

                        Senate Bill 1541

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Education and Workforce Development for Plumbers and
  Steamfitters Local 290)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Allows person who obtained plumbing education, training and
experience while on active duty with armed forces to have
education, training and experience evaluated for credit toward
fulfillment of approved plumbing apprenticeship. Applies to
plumbing apprenticeships entered into on or after January 1,
2013.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to plumbing apprenticeships; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2012 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 660.002 to 660.210. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'armed forces '
means:
  (a) The Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps or Navy;
  (b) The reserves of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine
Corps or Navy; and
  (c) The Oregon National Guard or the National Guard of any
other state or territory.
  (2) Plumbing education, training and experience that a trainee
obtained while on active duty with the armed forces is creditable
work experience for purposes of a plumbing apprenticeship. The
trainee must have performed plumbing education, training and
experience with the armed forces within ___ months prior to
commencing a plumbing apprenticeship program approved under ORS
660.002 to 660.210.
  (3) A trainee seeking to claim plumbing education, training and
experience described in subsection (2) of this section as
creditable work experience shall submit detailed information
regarding the education, training and experience to the local
joint committee or the trade committee functioning as a local
joint committee. The State Apprenticeship and Training Council
shall adopt rules governing the submission of information under
this subsection. At a minimum, the rules must require the trainee
to state the approximate time the trainee spent on education,
training and experience in each major process to be covered by an
approved plumbing apprenticeship.
  (4) The committee shall evaluate information submitted under
subsection (3) of this section to determine the extent to which
the trainee's plumbing education, training and experience is
relevant to the major processes to be covered under an approved
plumbing apprenticeship. The committee shall credit at least 75
percent of any time spent on plumbing education or training
relevant to a major process as education and training in that
major process obtained under an approved plumbing apprenticeship.
The committee shall credit at least 75 percent of any time spent
in plumbing experience relevant to a major process as on-the-job
work experience in that major process obtained under an approved
plumbing apprenticeship.
  (5) The Bureau of Labor and Industries and the State Plumbing
Board shall recognize plumbing education, training and experience
credited by a committee under subsection (4) of this section in
determining whether a trainee has fulfilled any apprenticeship
requirement established as a prerequisite to taking the
examination for licensing by the board as a journeyman
plumber. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 2 of this 2012 Act applies to plumbing
apprenticeship programs for which the trainee enters into the
apprenticeship agreement on or after January 1, 2013. The State
Apprenticeship and Training Council shall adopt rules under
section 2 of this 2012 Act in time for the rules to take effect
no later than January 1, 2013. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2012 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2012 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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