2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 23:388 — Approval of apprentice agreements; signature

§388.  Approval of apprentice agreements; signature

A.  Every apprentice agreement under this Chapter shall be approved and the apprentice indentured by the director within fifteen days of being properly submitted and found to be in conformity with 29 C.F.R. 30, the federal guidelines for equal opportunity in apprenticeship and training; or the applicant, employer, and sponsor shall be notified immediately in writing as to the reason for the agreement not being approved.

B.  Every apprentice agreement shall be signed by the employer, by an association of employers, or an organization of employees, as provided in R.S. 23:389, and by the apprentice, and if the apprentice is a minor, by the minor's father; however, if the father is dead or legally incapable of giving consent or has abandoned his family, then by the minor's mother; if both father and mother are dead or legally incapable of giving consent, then by the tutor of the minor.  If the minor is without a tutor, a tutor ad hoc may be appointed, in the manner provided by Article 313* of the Civil Code, who shall have the authority to consent to and sign the apprentice agreement.

C.  When a minor enters into an apprentice agreement under this Chapter for a period of training extending into his majority, the apprentice agreement shall likewise be binding for such a period as may be covered during the apprentice's majority.

Acts 1987, No. 623, §1.

*REPEALED BY ACTS 1960, NO. 30, §2.  SEE C.C.P. ART. 732.