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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1596 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2620 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | James J. O'Day |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to public higher education collective bargaining funding. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:James J. O'Day14th Worcester1/18/2023Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire1/26/2023Daniel M. Donahue16th Worcester1/26/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/14/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/14/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1596 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2620 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative O'Day of West Boylston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2620) |
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| 19 | 19 | | of James J. O'Day and others relative to public higher education collective bargaining funding. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Public Service. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to public higher education collective bargaining funding. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 6 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 The operating budget in the current and ensuing fiscal years shall include the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4appropriation necessary to fund all incremental cost items for all years covered by any collective |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5bargaining agreement to which either the board of trustees of the University of Massachusetts or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6the board of higher education is a party, separate and apart from any appropriation for the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7general maintenance of the University or public institutions of higher education where the board |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8of higher education is the employer for purposes of collective bargaining under chapter 150E of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9the general laws, excluding grant funded and auxiliary enterprises accounts funded positions. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 SECTION 2. Section 8 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “and authorities”, in line 106, 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12the following words:- , but not including Massachusetts public institutions of higher education |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13employees paid for by student fees, tuition or state appropriation. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 SECTION 3. Notwithstanding section 8 of chapter 32A of the General Laws or any other |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15general or special law to the contrary, the cost of fringe benefits, including but not limited to the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16cost of pensions and health insurance, associated with employees of a public institution of higher |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17education as defined in section 5 of chapter 15A shall be the obligation of the commonwealth, |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18excluding grant funded and auxiliary enterprises accounts funded positions. |
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