106.001 (2m) "Apprenticeship committee" means a joint apprenticeship committee or a nonjoint apprenticeship committee designated by a sponsor to administer an apprenticeship program.

291,13 Section 13. 106.001 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 106.001 (8) and amended to read:

106.001 (8) "Organization" " Sponsor" means an any employer, organization of employees, association of employers, committee, or other similar responsible agency in this state person operating an apprenticeship program and in whose name the apprenticeship program is approved by the department.

291,14 Section 14. 106.001 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

106.001 (4) "Apprenticeship program" means a program approved by the department providing for the employment and training of apprentices in a trade, craft, or business that includes a plan containing all of the terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of apprentices as required under this subchapter, including the apprentice contract requirements under s. 106.01.

291,15 Section 15. 106.001 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

106.001 (5) "Employer" means any person employing an apprentice, whether or not the person is a party to an apprentice contract with the apprentice.

291,16 Section 16. 106.001 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

106.001 (6) "Joint apprenticeship committee" means an apprenticeship committee that consists of an equal number of representatives of employers and of representatives of employees who are represented by a collective bargaining agent.

291,17 Section 17. 106.001 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

106.001 (7) "Nonjoint apprenticeship committee" means an apprenticeship committee that consists of representatives of employers, but not of representatives of employees who are represented by a collective bargaining agent.

291,18 Section 18. 106.01 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

106.01 (title) Apprentice contracts.

291,19 Section 19. 106.01 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

291,20 Section 20. 106.01 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 106.01 (1) and amended to read:

106.01 (1) Formation of apprentice contract. Except as provided in ss. 106.02, 106.025 and 106.03, any minor Any person 16 years of age or over or any adult may, by the execution of an indenture, bind may enter into an apprentice contract binding himself or herself to serve as an apprentice as provided in this section for a . Except as provided in ss. 106.02, 106.025, and 106.03, the term of service of an apprenticeship shall be for not less than one year. Every apprentice contract shall be in writing and shall be signed by the apprentice, the department, and the sponsor or an apprenticeship committee acting as the agent of the sponsor. If the apprentice has not reached 18 years of age, the apprentice contract shall also be signed by one of the apprentice's parents or, if both parents are deceased or legally incapable of giving consent, by the guardian of the apprentice or, if there is no guardian, by a deputy of the department. The department shall specify the provisions that are required to be included in an apprentice contract by rule promulgated under sub. (11).

291,21 Section 21. 106.01 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

291,22 Section 22. 106.01 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.

291,23 Section 23. 106.01 (5) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

291,24 Section 24. 106.01 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

291,25 Section 25. 106.01 (5) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

291,26 Section 26. 106.01 (5) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 106.01 (6) (b) and amended to read:

106.01 (6) (b) An agreement stating the number of hours to be spent in work, and the number of hours to be spent in instruction. During the first 2 years of an apprenticeship, the apprentice's period of instruction shall be not less than 4 hours per week or the equivalent sponsor shall provide for the apprentice not less than 144 hours per year of related instruction. If the apprenticeship is for a longer period than 2 years, the total hours of instruction shall be sponsor shall provide for the apprentice not less than a total of 400 hours of related instruction over the term of the apprenticeship. If the apprentice is receiving classroom instruction, the sponsor shall provide for the apprentice not less than 4 hours of related instruction or the equivalent during each week that the school providing the classroom instruction is in session. The total number of hours of related instruction and work shall that a sponsor may assign to an apprentice may not exceed 55 per week, except that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to forbid overtime work as provided in sub. (7).

291,27 Section 27. 106.01 (5) (e) of the statutes is repealed.

291,28 Section 28. 106.01 (5) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

291,29 Section 29. 106.01 (5) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

291,30 Section 30. 106.01 (5i) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

291,31 Section 31. 106.01 (5i) (am) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 106.01 (5m) (a) and amended to read:

106.01 (5m) (a) Upon entering into an indenture, an organization apprentice contract, a sponsor that is not the proposed employer of the apprentice, or an apprenticeship committee that is acting as the agent of a sponsor, shall, with the written consent of the other parties to the indenture, and the written acceptance of the indenture acceptance of the apprentice contract by the proposed employer, assign the indenture apprentice contract to the proposed employer, and the proposed employer and the apprentice named in the indenture assignment shall be bound by the terms of the indenture apprentice contract.