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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 1756 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5407 |
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| 6 | 6 | | February Session, 2020 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 1756 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION |
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| 11 | 11 | | AND ELECTIONS |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (GAE) |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT CONCERNING TH E SUPERSEDENCE OF CO LLECTIVE |
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| 21 | 21 | | BARGAINING AGREEMENT S AND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATI ON |
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| 22 | 22 | | ACT. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 24 | 24 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 5-278 of the general statutes is 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 2020): 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (e) [Where] (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | subsection, where there is a conflict between any agreement or 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | arbitration award approved in accordance with the provisions of 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | sections 5-270 to 5-280, inclusive, on matters appropriate to collective 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | bargaining, as defined in said sections, and any general statute or special 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | act, or regulations adopted by any state agency, the terms of such 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | agreement or arbitration award shall prevail; provided if participation 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | of any employees in a retirement system is effected by such agreement 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | or arbitration award, the effective date of participation in said system, 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | notwithstanding any contrary provision in such agreement or 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | arbitration award, shall be the first day of the third month following the 14 Raised Bill No. 5407 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LCO No. 1756 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | month in which a certified copy of such agreement or arbitration award 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | is received by the Retirement Commission or such later date as may be 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | specified in the agreement or arbitration award. 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) For any agreement or arbitration award approved on or after July 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 1, 2020, in accordance with the provisions of sections 5-270 to 5-280, 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | inclusive, on matters appropriate to collective bargaining, as defined in 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | said sections, where there is a conflict between a provision of any such 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | agreement or award and the provisions of the Freedom of Information 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act, as defined in section 1-200, the provisions of the Freedom of 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Information Act shall prevail. 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 56 | 56 | | sections: |
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| 58 | 58 | | Section 1 July 1, 2020 5-278(e) |
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| 60 | 60 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 61 | 61 | | To provide that future collective bargaining agreements or arbitration |
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| 62 | 62 | | agreements may not supersede the Freedom of Information Act. |
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| 63 | 63 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 64 | 64 | | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 65 | 65 | | underlined.] |
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