8-15.7-105. State apprenticeship council - created - members - powers and duties

8-15.7-105. State apprenticeship council - created - members - powers and duties. (1) (a) The director shall establish the state apprenticeship council to provide advice and guidance to the state apprenticeship agency on the operation of the state's apprenticeship system.

(b) The SAC:

(I) Is composed of persons familiar with apprenticeable occupations;

(II) Includes an equal number of representatives of employer and employee organizations and includes members of the public who must not number more than the number of representatives of either employer or employee organizations;

(III) Includes all the members of the CABCT and CANEI.

(c) The chairs of the CABCT and CANEI shall serve as co-chairs of the SAC.

(1.5) The SAC may convene additional subcommittees as needed to fulfill its duties.

(2) The SAC shall:

(a) Publish a statement defining the CABCT's jurisdiction of the building and construction trades and update the statement periodically as necessary as determined by the SAC; and

(b) Resolve conflicts and complaints that arise between the CABCT and the CANEI as determined by the SAC.

(3) If there is a tie among the SAC members in determining a resolution to a conflict, the director shall break the tie. A decision of the SAC is final.

(4) The CABCT has jurisdiction over apprenticeship programs for occupations in the building and construction trades. For purposes of this section, occupations are in the building and construction trades if either:

(a) Workers in the occupation perform construction, reconstruction, renovation, alteration, demolition, painting, repair, or maintenance work for roads, highways, buildings, structures, industrial facilities, or energy production, energy transmission, or energy distribution, or improvements of any type; or

(b) Apprentices in the apprenticeship program will be employed by licensed contractors.