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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1449 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6359 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1449 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. REBIMBAS, 70th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL BINDING ARBITRATION. | |
| 19 | 19 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 20 | 20 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 22 | 22 | That chapter 113 of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1 | |
| 23 | 23 | (1) if the parties to an arbitration cannot agree on a neutral arbitrator, 2 | |
| 24 | 24 | either side may petition the Superior Court to appoint a state referee as 3 | |
| 25 | 25 | the neutral arbitrator; (2) all arbitration hearings shall be open to the 4 | |
| 26 | 26 | public and documents submitted during such arbitration shall be 5 | |
| 27 | 27 | public records; (3) a municipality's ability to pay employee 6 | |
| 28 | 28 | compensation from ongoing revenues without reducing municipal 7 | |
| 29 | 29 | services shall be the primary factor for consideration by an arbitration 8 | |
| 30 | 30 | board; and (4) an arbitration board shall not approve an award that 9 | |
| 31 | 31 | would (A) increase the projected cost of employee compensation at a 10 | |
| 32 | 32 | rate that is greater than the five-year average increase of sales and 11 | |
| 33 | 33 | property taxes, (B) retroactively increase or decrease employee 12 | |
| 34 | 34 | compensation other than base wages for service already rendered, (C) 13 | |
| 35 | 35 | create a new unfunded liability for the municipality, or (D) interfere 14 | |
| 36 | 36 | with the discretion of municipal police or fire chiefs to make 15 | |
| 37 | 37 | operational or staffing decisions. 16 Proposed Bill No. 6359 | |
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| 40 | 40 | LCO No. 1449 2 of 2 | |
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| 42 | 42 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 43 | 43 | To reform the process of municipal binding arbitration. |