§ 1101 - Apprenticeship division and council
§ 1101. Apprenticeship division and council
The apprenticeship division and state apprenticeship council, hereinafter referred to as the "council," shall be located within the department of labor. The commissioner of labor shall supervise the work of the division. The council shall consist of 11 members, five ex officio members and six members who shall be appointed by the governor. Of the ex officio members, one shall be the commissioner of labor, one shall be the director of workforce development, one shall be the chief of licensing within the department of public safety, one shall be the director of career and lifelong learning within the department of education, and one shall be the state director of the apprenticeship division who shall act as secretary of the council without vote. Of the appointive members, three shall be individuals who on account of previous vocation, employment, occupation, or affiliation can be classed as employers and three shall be individuals who on account of previous vocation, employment, occupation, or affiliation can be classed as employees. Appointment of the employer and the employee members shall be made for the term of three years except the employer and employee members first appointed shall be appointed for the term of one, two, and three years respectively. The governor shall annually designate one member of the council as chair. Each member of the council who is not a salaried official or employee of the state shall be entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1010. (Amended 1987, No. 166 (Adj. Sess.), eff. May 3, 1988; 1991, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1995, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 164b; 1997, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2005, No. 8, § 7, eff. April 25, 2005; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006; No. 212 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. May 29, 2006.)