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7	6		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 549
8	7		January Session, 2019
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12	11		Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
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15	14		Introduced by:
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING FIREFIGHTER WORK WEE KS.
21	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	21		Assembly convened:
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24	23		Section 1. Section 7-305 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	24		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2020): 2
26	25		(a) The work week for all permanent paid members of the 3
27	26		uniformed firefighter force for municipalities adopting sections 7-303 4
28	27		to 7-306, inclusive, shall be an average work week of not more than 5
29	28		fifty-six hours, computed over a period of one fiscal or calendar year, 6
30	29		as the municipality elects; provided, unless otherwise prescribed by 7
31	30		regulation or ordinance, any time spent in an emergency in excess of 8
32	31		any regularly assigned or scheduled work week in connection with 9
33	32		any actual fire or conflagration, including time spent going to, working 10
34	33		at or returning from any actual fire, or any other work or duty 11
35	34		classified as an act of mercy shall not be included in computing such 12
36	35		average work week. 13
37	36		(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section or any ordinance 14
38	37		adopted pursuant to section 7-304, the work week and average work 15
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46	44		force for municipalities shall be a subject of collective bargaining for 17
47	45		such members in accordance with sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive, of 18
48	46		the general statutes and applicable to any such collective bargaining 19
49	47		agreement negotiated, entered into, renewed or extended on or after 20
50	48		January 1, 2020. 21
51	49		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
52	50		sections:
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54	52		Section 1 January 1, 2020 7-305
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56		-	LAB Joint Favorable
	54	+	Statement of Purpose:
	55	+	To eliminate the fifty-six-hour average work week cap for certain
	56	+	firefighters.
	57	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	58	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	59	+	not underlined.]
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	61	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.
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	63	+	S.B. 549
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