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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1931 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6281 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1931 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES | |
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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 public 5 | |
| 27 | 27 | records; (3) a municipality's ability to pay employee compensation from 6 | |
| 28 | 28 | ongoing revenues without reducing municipal services shall be the 7 | |
| 29 | 29 | primary factor for consideration by an arbitration board; and (4) an 8 | |
| 30 | 30 | arbitration board shall not approve an award that would (A) increase 9 | |
| 31 | 31 | the projected cost of employee compensation at a rate that is greater than 10 | |
| 32 | 32 | the five-year average increase of sales and property taxes, (B) 11 | |
| 33 | 33 | retroactively increase or decrease employee compensation other than 12 | |
| 34 | 34 | base wages for service already rendered, (C) create a new unfunded 13 | |
| 35 | 35 | liability for the municipality, or (D) interfere with the discretion of 14 | |
| 36 | 36 | municipal police or fire chiefs to make operational or staffing decisions. 15 Proposed Bill No. 6281 | |
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| 38 | 38 | ||
| 39 | 39 | LCO No. 1931 2 of 2 | |
| 40 | 40 | ||
| 41 | 41 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 42 | 42 | To reform the process of municipal binding arbitration. |