SB179 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Del Marsh

Republican

Co-Sponsor

Wendell Mitchell

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Construction Recruitment Institute, removed from oversight of Twenty-first Century Authority and established as independent authority, duties, powers, construction craft training fee disbursed to Recruitment and Training Promotion Fund, certain previously disbursed fees transferred, audit, Secs. 41-10-720, 41-10-721, 41-10-722 added; Secs. 41-10-640, 41-10-641, 41-10-642, 41-10-643, 41-10-700, 41-10-701, 41-10-702, 41-10-703, 41-10-704, 41-10-705 amended and renumbered as 41-10-723, 41-10-724, 41-10-725, 41-10-726, 41-10-727, 41-10-728, 41-10-729, 41-10-730, 41-10-731, 41-10-732; Secs. 41-10-621, 41-10-622, 41-10-626, 41-10-629, 41-10-673 am'd.; Act 2009-561, 2009 Reg. Sess.; Act 2009-563, 2009 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Description

Existing law assesses a construction craft industry fee to be paid by certain employers in the commercial and industrial construction industry in Alabama to fund a program providing for the recruitment of, and training opportunities for, new construction craft trade workers. Existing law provides for the proceeds of the fee to be paid to the 21st Century Authority Fund and disbursed by the 21st Century Authority to the Alabama Construction Recruitment Institute. Existing law also provides for the creation of the institute as a public corporation and for oversight of the institute by the 21st Century Authority.

This bill would create a new article in the Code of Alabama 1975, and would amend and renumber various sections of the code to separate the institute from the 21st Century Authority. This bill would remove the Construction Recruitment Institute from the oversight of the 21st Century Authority. This bill would provide further for the duties and powers of the board of the institute.

This bill would subject the institute to annual audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.

This bill would authorize the Employees' Retirement System and the State Employees' Insurance Board to provide certain retirement and health insurance benefits to employees of the institute. This bill would also clarify that employees of the institute are not state employees.

This bill would provide that the proceeds of the construction craft industry fee minus the administrative costs of the Department of Revenue in administering the fee would be paid directly to the Recruitment Training and Promotion Fund which would be continuously appropriated to the institute. This bill would provide that the portion of the fee previously paid into the 21st Century Fund would be transferred to the Recruitment Training and Promotion Fund. This bill would clarify which employers are subject to the fee and provide further for the effective date. The bill would further provide for the powers of the institute. This bill would provide express authority to the board of the institute to expend the moneys in the Recruitment Training and Promotion Fund for the purposes provided by law.

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Subjects

Employment