The Commissioner of Labor, with the approval of the Governor, shall have power to employ and fix the compensation of such personnel of the Apprenticeship Division as the Commissioner may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Commissioner shall also have authority to purchase such office equipment, supplies, printing, and field supplies as are deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The members of the Council shall serve without pay, but shall receive their necessary expenses incurred in attendance at meetings, to be paid on warrants issued by the Commissioner of Finance and Management on approval of the Commissioner of Labor. (Amended 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 1995, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 164c; 1997, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006.)