ORS 660.120: Duties and powers of council and division; rules.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council, under the direction of the Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, shall enforce the provisions of ORS 660.002 to 660.210 in order to carry out the intent and purposes of those provisions. The State Director of Apprenticeship and Training, the division and the council may conduct investigations, issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, obtain evidence, administer oaths and take testimony in all matters relating to the council’s duties and functions as set forth in ORS 660.002 to 660.210 when the information sought is relevant to a lawful investigative purpose and is reasonable in scope. The council and the division shall adopt rules for gathering information through subpoenas or testimony. The rules must include procedures through which a party may object to providing information. After being served with a subpoena, if a person refuses, without reasonable cause, to be examined, to answer any question or to produce any document or other thing as required by the subpoena, the director, the division or the council may petition the circuit court in the county in which the investigation is pending for an order directing the person to show cause why the person has not complied with the subpoena and should not be held in contempt. The director, division or council shall serve the court’s order upon the person in the manner provided by ORCP 55 D. If the person fails to show cause for the noncompliance, the court shall order the person to comply with the subpoena within such time as the court shall direct and may hold the person in contempt. (2) The division, on behalf of the council, may bring suit in a court of proper jurisdiction in the name of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, or in the name of an apprentice on behalf of the apprentice, through the district attorney or the Attorney General. (3) The council and the division may adopt rules that are reasonably necessary to enforce and administer ORS 660.002 to 660.210. In adopting the rules, the council and the division shall comply with ORS chapter 183. In addition, if the council and the division find that it would be impractical for a number or all of the local joint committees in the state to develop criteria concerning a particular matter, the council and the division may adopt rules on the matter. The rules shall govern on that matter except to the extent that a local joint committee’s approved standards contain exceptions. (4) The council and the division also shall: (a) Establish policy of the program so as to encourage the promotion, expansion and improvement of programs of apprenticeship and training; (b) Approve and register program standards and modifications to program standards that are submitted by appropriate local joint committees as provided in ORS 660.126, if the standards and modifications are in substantial conformity with the statewide standards approved under ORS 660.155; (c) Establish committees and approve nominations of members and alternates to local joint committees and state joint committees to ensure balanced representation of employer and employee groups; (d) Deregister standards and terminate entire programs, and remove any or all members of any committee, for inactivity or inadequate activity, or for failure to abide by the provisions of ORS 660.002 to 660.210 or by the rules and policies of the council and the division; (e) Cooperate with interested state and federal agencies, including the Department of Education, the State Workforce and Talent Development Board and other providers of related training and curriculum such as community college districts, community college service districts, education service districts and recognized industry programs; and (f) Perform such other functions and duties as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of ORS 660.002 to 660.210. (5) The council shall hold at least four regular public meetings each year. Executive sessions shall be held on call of the chairperson, or at the written request of a majority of the members of the council. [Amended by 1955 c.719 §7; 1957 c.270 §7; 1967 c.6 §13; 1971 c.271 §2; 1975 c.605 §32; 1981 c.764 §6; 2007 c.277 §5; 2011 c.140 §5; 2017 c.185 §22; 2017 c.297 §27]
Official history and status
History: Note: ORCP 55 was repealed and replaced by the Council on Court Procedures Amendments promulgated on December 8, 2018, and effective January 1, 2020. The text of 660.120 was not amended by enactment of the Legislative Assembly to reflect the repeal. Editorial adjustment of 660.120 for the repeal of ORCP 55 has not been made. See the ORCP 55 Cross-Reference Chart available from the Council on Court Procedures.
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 603-082-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 603-082-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 839-011-0000: Apprenticeship and Training Council — Notice of Proposed Rule — authority
- OAR 839-011-0015: Apprenticeship and Training Council — Rules of Order — implements
- OAR 839-011-0020: Apprenticeship and Training Council — Date and Location of Meetings — implements
- OAR 839-011-0030: Apprenticeship and Training Council — Preparation of Agenda — implements
- OAR 839-011-0040: Apprenticeship and Training Council — Public Participation at Meetings — implements
- OAR 839-011-0050: Apprenticeship and Training Council — Certificate of Meritorious Service — implements
- OAR 839-011-0051: Apprenticeship and Training Council — Delegation of Authority — implements
- OAR 839-011-0051: Apprenticeship and Training Council — Delegation of Authority — authority
- OAR 839-011-0070: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Definitions — implements
- OAR 839-011-0070: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Definitions — authority
- OAR 839-011-0072: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Formation — implements
- OAR 839-011-0073: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Policies and Procedures — authority
- OAR 839-011-0078: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Removal of Members — implements
- OAR 839-011-0082: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Deregistration — implements
- OAR 839-011-0084: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Approval of New Programs and Standards — authority
- OAR 839-011-0088: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Registration of Apprenticeship Agreements — authority
- OAR 839-011-0090: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Causes for Disciplinary Action — implements
- OAR 839-011-0090: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Causes for Disciplinary Action — authority
- OAR 839-011-0093: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Disciplinary Procedure — implements
- OAR 839-011-0093: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Disciplinary Procedure — authority
- OAR 839-011-0140: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Approval and Dissolution — implements
- OAR 839-011-0140: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Approval and Dissolution — authority
- OAR 839-011-0141: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Minimum Guideline Standards — implements
- OAR 839-011-0141: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Minimum Guideline Standards — authority
- OAR 839-011-0142: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Apprentice/Trainee Qualifications — implements
- OAR 839-011-0142: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Apprentice/Trainee Qualifications — authority
- OAR 839-011-0143: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Ratio and Supervision — implements
- OAR 839-011-0143: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Ratio and Supervision — authority
- OAR 839-011-0145: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Compliance Reviews — implements
- OAR 839-011-0145: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Compliance Reviews — authority
- OAR 839-011-0162: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Employer Training Agents — implements
- OAR 839-011-0170: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Meetings, Minutes Submission and Processing — implements
- OAR 839-011-0170: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Meetings, Minutes Submission and Processing — authority
- OAR 839-011-0200: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship — implements
- OAR 839-011-0250: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Agreements During Labor Disputes — implements
- OAR 839-011-0260: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Movement and Training of Apprentices within the Same Occupation — implements
- OAR 839-011-0265: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Training in Work Processes — implements
- OAR 839-011-0270: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Administrative Cancellation or Completion of Apprenticeship Agreements — implements
- OAR 839-011-0270: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Administrative Cancellation or Completion of Apprenticeship Agreements — authority
- OAR 839-011-0290: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Plumber Apprentices — authority
- OAR 839-011-0300: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Effective Date of Actions — implements
- OAR 839-011-0300: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Effective Date of Actions — authority
- OAR 839-011-0310: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Apprentice Rights — implements
- OAR 839-011-0310: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Apprentice Rights — authority
- OAR 839-011-0320: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Required Appearance at Council Meetings — implements
- OAR 839-011-0320: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Required Appearance at Council Meetings — authority
- OAR 839-011-0334: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Eligibility of Family and Current Employees — authority
- OAR 839-011-0335: Apprenticeship and Training Committees — Pre-Apprenticeship Programs — authority
- OAR 839-011-0405: Youth Apprenticeship — Supervision — implements
- OAR 839-011-0408: Youth Apprenticeship — Transfer of Youth Apprentices — implements
- OAR 839-011-0408: Youth Apprenticeship — Transfer of Youth Apprentices — authority
- OAR 839-011-0501: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Purpose and Scope — implements
- OAR 839-011-0505: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Definitions — implements
- OAR 839-011-0510: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Who and What May Be Subpoenaed — implements
- OAR 839-011-0515: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Circumstances under Which a Subpoena May be Issued — implements
- OAR 839-011-0520: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Who May Issue Subpoenas — implements
- OAR 839-011-0525: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Subpoena Duces Tecum — implements
- OAR 839-011-0530: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Subpoena Ad Testificandum — implements
- OAR 839-011-0535: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Method of Service — implements
- OAR 839-011-0540: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Fees — implements
- OAR 839-011-0545: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Time and Manner of Objecting to Subpoenas — implements
- OAR 839-011-0550: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Response to Objections — implements
- OAR 839-011-0555: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Method of Taking Testimony — implements
- OAR 839-011-0560: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Failure to Appear — implements
- OAR 839-011-0565: Apprenticeship and Training Council Subpoenas — Enforcement of Subpoena — implements
- OAR 839-050-0450: Proceedings on Apprenticeship and Training Division Hearings — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 660.002 — resolved
- 660.210 — resolved
- ORCP 55 D — resolved
- ORS chapter 183 — target_record_not_published
- ORS 660.126 — resolved
- ORS 660.155 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors660.html