SB 1476 — agricultural workforce; interns; appropriation

SB1476 - 541R - S-WaterS andVer Agriculture-Adopted    Fifty-fourth  Legislature                                   Senate WaterEngrossed and  Agriculture      State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session                                                  Session S.B.      SENATE BILL 1476       AN ACT   Amending Title 3, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 3-109.03;

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1."At Betweena linesminimum, 36an andinternship 37,shall insert:provide an intern at least one hundred thirty hours of work experience for not more than six months in duration per intern.

     3.  Criteria "2.for a food-producing agricultural organization to select qualified interns, including an intern's required educational experience and ability to perform meaningful work.

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VR/dr5.  Accounting  requirements  for tracking internship costs.

6.  The process for a food-producing agricultural organization to seek reimbursement.

C.  Subject to legislative appropriation, the department may reimburse a qualified, food-producing agricultural organization an amount not to exceed fifty percent of the actual cost to the food-producing agricultural organization to employ an intern.  Based on the annual legislative appropriation for this program, the director shall determine how many internships to approve, the amount of reimbursement per internship and whether a food‑producing agricultural organization may be reimbursed for more than one internship in the same fiscal year.  A food‑producing agricultural organization may not be reimbursed for more than three internships in the same fiscal year.

D.  For the purposes of this section:

1.  "Actual cost" means the wages paid to an intern, a reasonable allocation of fixed overhead expenses and all incidental costs directly related to the internship.

2.  "Agricultural organization" means a business, nonprofit organization or community college program related to agriculture.

E.  The program established by this section ends on July 1, 2025 pursuant to section 41‑3102.

END_STATUTE Sec. 2.  Appropriation;

Arizona department of agriculture;

agricultural workforce development program The sum of $275,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2019-2020 to the Arizona department of agriculture to implement the agricultural workforce development program established by section 3-109.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.

Sec. 3.  Effective date Section 3‑109.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, is effective from and after December 31, 2019.