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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2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