Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 612
       
       
        
       By Senator Hutson
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to apprenticeship contracts; creating
    3         s. 446.093, F.S.; defining terms; authorizing an
    4         apprentice to enter into a contract with a business
    5         organization for a specified duration; requiring such
    6         contracts to be signed by specified individuals;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Section 446.093, Florida Statutes, is created to
   12  read:
   13         446.093 Apprenticeship contracts.—
   14         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   15         (a) “Apprentice” means a person who is engaged in learning
   16  or gaining experience in a recognized skilled trade through
   17  actual work experience for a fixed period of time.
   18         (b) “Business organization” means a corporation; a general
   19  partnership, including a limited liability partnership; a
   20  limited partnership, including a limited liability limited
   21  partnership; a limited liability company; common law or business
   22  trust or association; a nonprofit organization as defined in s.
   23  768.1355(1)(b)1.; or any other person or entity organized under
   24  a governing statute or other applicable law. The term includes
   25  domestic and foreign organizations.
   26         (c) “Contract” means an agreement between a business
   27  organization and an apprentice which defines the terms of the
   28  apprenticeship and includes minimum requirements for learning
   29  outcomes, compensation, expectations, and duration of the
   30  apprenticeship.
   31         (d) “Head of the business organization” means the executive
   32  director, director, general partner, manager, or any other
   33  person under whose authority the powers of the business
   34  organization are exercised and under whose direction the
   35  activities and affairs of the business organization are managed.
   36         (2) Notwithstanding any other law, an apprentice may enter
   37  into a contract with a business organization for up to 3 years.
   38  The contract must be signed by the head of the business
   39  organization and the apprentice. If the apprentice is younger
   40  than 18 years of age, the parent or legal guardian of the
   41  apprentice must also sign the contract.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.