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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 414 FILED ON: 1/14/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1223 |
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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 | | Bruce E. Tarr |
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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 the structure of the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and MiddlesexAdam Scanlon14th Bristol1/24/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 414 FILED ON: 1/14/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1223 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1223) of Bruce E. Tarr and Adam |
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| 19 | 19 | | Scanlon for legislation relative to the structure of the Commonwealth Employment Relations |
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| 20 | 20 | | Board. Labor and Workforce Development. |
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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 the structure of the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board. |
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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. Subsection (a) of Section 9R of Chapter 23 of the General Laws is hereby |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2repealed and replaced with the following:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 (a) There shall be in the department of labor relations a commonwealth employment |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4relations board, in this and the following 5 sections called the ''board,'' consisting of 3 members |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5to be appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a representative of organized labor chosen |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6from a list of 3 candidates provided by the president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, 1 of whom |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7shall be a representative of municipal management chosen from a list of 3 candidates provided |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8by the Massachusetts Municipal Association, and 1 of whom shall be neutral. The board shall in |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9no respect be subject to the jurisdiction of the executive office of labor and workforce |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10development except to the extent of compliance with reasonable requests from the secretary for |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11the sharing of information which does not interfere with the efficient and independent |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12functioning of the board. Each member of the board shall be appointed for a term of 5 years; 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13provided, however, that a term of appointment shall be shortened, if necessary, to ensure that the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14members' terms are staggered such that a term expires every 2 years. Any vacancy in the board |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15shall be filled by appointment in like manner. No more than 2 members shall be from the same |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16political party. Upon the expiration of the term of any member, her successor shall be appointed |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17in like manner. Any member may be removed by the governor for neglect of duty or malfeasance |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18in office, but for no other cause. |
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