00               SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 226(FIN)                                                             
01 "An Act extending the termination of the state training and employment program;                                         
02 requiring a review of the program; and providing for an effective date."                                                
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska enacted in sec. 6, ch. 116, SLA 1996,                       
05 as amended by sec. 9, ch. 85, SLA 1998, by sec. 47, ch. 86, SLA 2002, and by sec. 1, ch. 86,                            
06 SLA 2004, is amended to read:                                                                                           
07            Sec. 6. AS 23.15.620, 23.15.625, 23.15.630, 23.15.635, 23.15.640, 23.15.645,                                 
08       23.15.651, and 23.15.660 are repealed June 30, 2010 [2008].                                                   
09    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
10 read:                                                                                                                   
11       REVIEW OF THE STATE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. In each                                                      
12 of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2010, the Department of Labor and                                 
13 Workforce Development, in consultation with the entities listed in AS 23.15.645(b), shall                               
14 work with representatives of entities who are eligible to submit a grant application under                              

01 AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660 and who provide industry specific training, on-the-job training,                               
02 institutional training, classroom job-linked training, and employment assistance, to conduct a                          
03 review of the priorities and procedures of the state training and employment program. The                               
04 group of entities involved in the review must include representatives from organized labor and                          
05 representatives that are not from organized labor. Following the review, the department shall                           
06 publish a written report containing its findings and recommendations, including changes, if                             
07 any, that it recommends be made to state statute and the department's regulations. The                                  
08 department shall deliver the report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house                         
09 of representatives, and publish a summary of the recommendations made in the report on the                              
10 Alaska Online Public Notice System (AS 44.62.175), on or before the 30th day of each                                    
11 regular legislative session of the Twenty-Sixth Alaska State Legislature.                                               
12    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).