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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4124 FILED ON: 2/1/2023
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
William M. Straus
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to provide funding of certain collective bargaining agreements.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:William M. Straus10th Bristol2/1/2023Antonio F. D. Cabral13th Bristol2/1/2023Patricia D. JehlenSecond Middlesex2/2/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/7/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4124 FILED ON: 2/1/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3851
By Representative Straus of Mattapoisett, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of William M.
Straus and others for legislation to provide funding of certain collective bargaining agreements.
Public Service.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2783 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to provide funding of certain collective bargaining agreements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of section 7 of chapter 150E of the General Laws, as
2appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence and
3inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-
4 The employer, other than the state lottery commission, shall submit to the appropriate
5legislative body within thirty days after the date on which the agreement is executed by the
6parties, a request for an appropriation necessary to fund the cost items contained therein;
7provided, that if the General Court is not in session at that time, such request shall be submitted
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9 SECTION 2. Subsection (c) of section 7 of said chapter 150E, as so appearing, is hereby
10amended by deleting the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-
11 The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to the state lottery commission.