There is created the "public works apprentice and training fund" in the labor and industrial division of the labor department. Contributions into the fund shall be as provided under the provisions of Section 13-4D-4 NMSA 1978. Funds contributed under the provisions of the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act shall be distributed in the following manner:
A. no more than fifteen percent of the funds may be used by the public works bureau of the labor and industrial division of the labor department to hire staff to administer the funds collected by the division; and
B. the remainder of the funds shall be used for approved apprentice and training programs in New Mexico. The labor and industrial division of the labor department shall develop an annual budget and, subject to appropriation by the legislature in the general appropriation act, shall disburse funds to approved apprentice and training programs in New Mexico, taking into account participant contact hours of classroom instruction and on-the-job training for the preceding year, to be not less than ninety percent of one hundred forty-four contact hours of classroom instruction per participant per school year and not less than one thousand hours of on-the-job training per twelve-month period. Notwithstanding any language in the general appropriation act that otherwise limits budget adjustments, if the fund balance available for disbursement to approved programs exceeds the amount appropriated, pursuant to Sections 6-3-23 through 6-3-25 NMSA 1978, the labor department may request budget increases up to the excess fund balance for distribution to the programs.
History: Laws 1992, ch. 74, § 5; 2005, ch. 95, § 1.
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, provided in Subsection B that disbursement of funds is subject to appropriation by the legislature in the general appropriation act and that notwithstanding the general appropriation act that limits budget adjustment, if the fund balance available for disbursement exceeds the amount appropriated the labor department may request budget increases up to the excess fund balance for distribution.
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