KRS 343.020: Kentucky Apprenticeship Council.

(1) The Kentucky Apprenticeship Council is hereby created and established as an

administrative body charged with providing advice to the commissioner on

matters affecting apprenticeship policy.

(2) (a) The Kentucky Apprenticeship Council shall consist of six (6) members

appointed by the Governor as follows:two (2) members who shall

represent employees or apprentices, two (2) members who shall

represent employers or apprenticeship program sponsors, and two (2)

at-large members. These six (6) members shall serve for a term of four

(4) years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The

commissioner of the Department for Workforce Development shall serve

as the seventh member and be chair of the council.

(b) The council shall meet at the call of the commissioner. A majority of the

members of the council, except for the commissioner of the Department

of Workforce Development, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction

of business.

(c) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring for any reason other

than by expiration of a term shall be appointed for the remainder of the

unexpired term. Any member whose term has expired, however, shall

serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.

(d) Members shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in

fulfillment of their duties on the council in the manner and amounts

prescribed for state employees by KRS 45.101 and the administrative

regulations promulgated under the authority of that statute. No member of

the council, however, shall be paid for his or her attendance at any

meeting.

(3) The council shall be attached to the Department of Workforce Development

within the Education and Labor Cabinet for administrative purposes.