Amendment #34 to H4750

Building Trades Apprenticeship

Mr. Ryan of Boston moves to amend the bill by adding the following:

SECTION XXXX. Section 26 of Chapter 149 is hereby amended:

For projects over one million dollars, the total hours of employees, by trade, receiving an hourly wage who are directly employed on the site of the project, employed by the contractor or a subcontractor and subject to the prevailing wage, shall be performed by apprentices in bona fide apprentice training programs as provided in sections 11H and 11I of chapter 23 of the General Laws which are approved by the division of apprentice training in the executive office of labor and workforce development and in compliance with apprentice ratios established by any trades license board or which are registered with and approved by the U.S. Department of Labor and which have graduated at least one (1) apprentice within the last five years.  Nothing in this section requires that the apprenticeship program in which apprentices are enrolled qualify as an employee welfare benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§1001-1461.

Six months after the passage of this act 5% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.

One year after 10%

Two years after 15%

Section 6 of Chapter 149 A shall be amended by adding a new section:

(f) For projects over one million dollars, the total hours of employees, by trade, receiving an hourly wage who are directly employed on the site of the project, employed by the contractor or a subcontractor and subject to the prevailing wage, shall be performed by apprentices in bona fide apprentice training programs as provided in sections 11H and 11I of chapter 23 of the General Laws which are approved by the division of apprentice training in the executive office of labor and workforce development and in compliance with apprentice ratios established by any trades license board or which are registered with and approved by the U.S. Department of Labor and which have graduated at least one (1) apprentice within the last five years.  Nothing in this section requires that the apprenticeship program in which apprentices are enrolled qualify as an employee welfare benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§1001-1461.

Six months after the passage of this act 5% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.

One year after 10%

Two years after 15%

Chapter 30 Section 39m is hereby amended by adding a new section:

(f) For projects over one million dollars, the total hours of employees, by trade, receiving an hourly wage who are directly employed on the site of the project, employed by the contractor or a subcontractor and subject to the prevailing wage, shall be performed by apprentices in bona fide apprentice training programs as provided in sections 11H and 11I of chapter 23 of the General Laws which are approved by the division of apprentice training in the executive office of labor and workforce development and in compliance with apprentice ratios established by any trades license board or which are registered with and approved by the U.S. Department of Labor and which have graduated at least one (1) apprentice within the last five years.  Nothing in this section requires that the apprenticeship program in which apprentices are enrolled qualify as an employee welfare benefit plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§1001-1461.

Six months after the passage of this act 5% of the hours shall be performed by apprentices.

One year after 10%

Two years after 15%

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #34 to H4750

Building Trades Apprenticeship