APPRENTICE & TRAINING PROGRAM CONTRIBUTIONS

SB0077

SENATE BILL 77

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Michael Padilla
and
Art De La Cruz
and
Cynthia Borrego

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS; REQUIRING CONTRIBUTIONS TO APPRENTICE
AND TRAINING PROGRAMS OR TO THE PUBLIC WORKS APPRENTICE AND
TRAINING FUND FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; PROVIDING
AN EXCEPTION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1.
Section 13-4D-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1992,
Chapter 74, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:

"13-4D-4. ADMINISTRATION.--

A. The Public Works Apprentice and Training Act
shall be administered by the workforce solutions department.
The department shall collect employers' contributions in
accordance with that act, review employers' compliance
statements, review certified payroll reports to verify training
contributions, investigate allegations of and impose penalties
for employer noncompliance and disburse funds as provided in
Section 13-4D-5 NMSA 1978.

B. Public works construction projects, except [
for
street, highway, bridge, road, utility or maintenance contracts
with employers who elect not to participate in training
]
as
provided in Subsection C of this section
, shall not be
constructed unless an employer agrees to make contributions to
approved apprentice and training programs in New Mexico in
which the employer is a participant or to the public works
apprentice and training fund administered by the workforce
solutions department. Contributions shall be made in the same
manner and in the same amount as apprentice and training
contributions required pursuant to wage rate determinations
made by the department.

C. The provisions of Subsection B of this section
shall not apply to public works construction projects involving
a craft or trade that is not recognized as apprenticeable by
the office of apprenticeship of the employment and training
administration of the United States department of labor or the
apprenticeship council.

[
C.
]
D.
The workforce solutions department shall
adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the
provisions of the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act."

SECTION 2.
EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is July 1, 2026.