2014 – S 2107
Enacted 04/09/14
A N A C T
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MUNICIPAL POLICE ARBITRATION - OBLIGATION TO BARGAIN
Introduced By: Senators Satchell, Ruggerio, Pearson, McCaffrey, and Archambault
Date Introduced: January 21, 2014
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 28-9.2-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-9.2 entitled "Municipal Police Arbitration" is hereby amended to read as follows:
28-9.2-6. Obligation to bargain. -- It shall be
the obligation of the city or town, acting through its corporate authorities,
to meet and confer in good faith with the designated representative or
representatives of the bargaining agent, including any legal counsel selected
by the bargaining agent, within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice
from the bargaining agent of the request for a meeting for collective
bargaining purposes. This obligation includes the duty to cause any agreement
resulting from the negotiations to be reduced to a written contract, provided
that no contract shall exceed the term of one year, unless a longer period is
agreed upon in writing by the corporate authorities and the bargaining agent,
but in no event shall the contract exceed the term of three (3) years unless a
budget commission or a receiver has been appointed for a municipality pursuant
to chapter 45-9, 9 of title 45 in
which case or if a municipality has a
locally administered pension plan in "critical status", and is
required to submit a funding improvement plan pursuant to § 45-65-6(2), in
either of which cases the contract shall not exceed the term
of five (5) years. An unfair labor charge may be complained of by either the
employer's representative or the bargaining agent to the state labor relations
board which shall deal with the complaint in the manner provided in chapter 7
of this title.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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