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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6359
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1449
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL BINDING ARBITRATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 113 of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1
(1) if the parties to an arbitration cannot agree on a neutral arbitrator, 2
either side may petition the Superior Court to appoint a state referee as 3
the neutral arbitrator; (2) all arbitration hearings shall be open to the 4
public and documents submitted during such arbitration shall be 5
public records; (3) a municipality's ability to pay employee 6
compensation from ongoing revenues without reducing municipal 7
services shall be the primary factor for consideration by an arbitration 8
board; and (4) an arbitration board shall not approve an award that 9
would (A) increase the projected cost of employee compensation at a 10
rate that is greater than the five-year average increase of sales and 11
property taxes, (B) retroactively increase or decrease employee 12
compensation other than base wages for service already rendered, (C) 13
create a new unfunded liability for the municipality, or (D) interfere 14
with the discretion of municipal police or fire chiefs to make 15
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Statement of Purpose:
To reform the process of municipal binding arbitration.