2019 -- H 5260 | |
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LC000535 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - ARBITRATION - CERTIFIED | |
SCHOOL TEACHERS - MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Vella-Wilkinson, Morin, O'Brien, Almeida, and | |
Date Introduced: January 31, 2019 | |
Referred To: House Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 28-9.3-12 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-9.3 entitled "Certified |
2 | School Teachers' Arbitration" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 28-9.3-12. Appeal from decision. |
4 | The decision of the arbitrators shall be made public and shall be binding on the certified |
5 | public school teachers and their representative and the school committee on all matters not |
6 | involving the expenditure of money; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent |
7 | the representative of the certified public school teachers and the school committee from mutually |
8 | agreeing to submit all unresolved issues to binding arbitration pursuant to the procedures set forth |
9 | in ยงยง 28-9.3-10 -- 28-9.3-12. In that case the decision of the arbitrators shall be final and binding |
10 | on all matters so submitted, including those involving the expenditure of money, and cannot be |
11 | appealed except on the ground that the decision was procured by fraud or that it violates the law, |
12 | in which case appeals shall be to the superior court. The school committee shall within three (3) |
13 | days after it receives the decision send a true copy of the decision by certified or registered mail |
14 | postage prepaid to the department or agency which appropriates money for the operation of the |
15 | schools in the city, town, or regional school district involved, if the decision involves the |
16 | expenditure of money. |
17 | SECTION 2. Section 28-9.4-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-9.4 entitled |
18 | "Municipal Employees' Arbitration" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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1 | 28-9.4-13. Appeal from decision. |
2 | (a) The decision of the arbitrators shall be made public and shall be binding upon the |
3 | municipal employees in the appropriate bargaining unit and their representative and the municipal |
4 | employer on all matters not involving the expenditure of money. |
5 | (b) The decision of the arbitrators shall be final and cannot be appealed except on the |
6 | ground that the decision was procured by fraud or that it violates the law, in which case appeals |
7 | shall be to the superior court. |
8 | (c) The municipal employer shall within three (3) days after it receives the decision send |
9 | a true copy of the decision by certified or registered mail postage prepaid to the department or |
10 | agency of the municipal employer responsible for the preparation of the budget and to the agency |
11 | of the municipal employer which appropriates money for the operation of the particular municipal |
12 | function or service in the city, town, or regional school district involved, if the decision involves |
13 | the expenditure of money. |
14 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - ARBITRATION - CERTIFIED | |
SCHOOL TEACHERS - MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES | |
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1 | This act would make the arbitrator's decision binding on all matters pertaining to certified |
2 | public school teachers and municipal employees, including those matters involving the |
3 | expenditure of money. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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