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Assembly Bill A6184

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that any records indicating the proposed terms of a collective bargaining agreement be made available to the public

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2015-A6184 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง87, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6338
2011-2012: A4957
2013-2014: A3746
2017-2018: A2377

2015-A6184 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that any records indicating the proposed terms of a collective bargaining agreement be made available to the public immediately following approval of such proposed terms by a public employee union and at least two weeks prior to approval or rejection of such proposed terms by the public employer; provides that copies of all proposed school district collective bargaining agreements, employment contracts or amendments to such contracts be placed on the school district website, if such website exists, and within the local public libraries and offices of such school districts at least two weeks prior to approval or rejection of such proposed public employee union or school district proposed collective bargaining agreements or action taken to approve other employment contracts or amendments thereto.

2015-A6184 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6184

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GALEF, MONTESANO, CORWIN, KATZ, WALTER, STEC --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DUPREY, FITZPATRICK, KOLB, LALOR,
  McDONALD,  McDONOUGH,  McKEVITT,  TENNEY,  THIELE  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to certain collec-
  tive bargaining agreements

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public
officers law, as added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to
read as follows:
  (c) if disclosed would impair present or imminent contract  awards  or
collective  bargaining negotiations: (I) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT RECORDS
INDICATING THE PROPOSED TERMS OF  A  PUBLIC  EMPLOYEE  UNION  OR  SCHOOL
DISTRICT  COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT TOGETHER WITH FACTS DESCRIBING
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND ANY NEW COSTS ATTRIBUTABLE  TO  SUCH  AGREEMENT,
CONTRACT  OR AMENDMENT SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING APPROVAL OF SUCH PROPOSED TERMS BY A  PUBLIC  EMPLOYEE  UNION,
AND  AT  LEAST  TWO  WEEKS  PRIOR  TO  THE APPROVAL OR REJECTION OF SUCH
PROPOSED TERMS BY THE PUBLIC EMPLOYER WHEN  SUCH  RECORDS  ARE  SENT  TO
MEMBERS  OF  THE  PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNION FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION;
AND
  (II) THAT COPIES OF ALL  PROPOSED  PUBLIC  EMPLOYEE  UNION  OR  SCHOOL
DISTRICT  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING  AGREEMENTS,  EMPLOYMENT  CONTRACTS  OR
AMENDMENTS TO SUCH CONTRACTS TOGETHER WITH FACTS DESCRIBING THE ECONOMIC
IMPACT AND ANY NEW COSTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO  SUCH  AGREEMENT,  CONTRACT  OR
AMENDMENT  BE  PLACED  ON  THE MUNICIPAL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITES, IF
SUCH WEBSITES EXIST, AND WITHIN THE LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES  AND  OFFICES
OF  SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR IN THE CASE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREE-
MENTS NEGOTIATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK, ON THE WEBSITE OF THE  GOVER-
NOR'S  OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO APPROVAL

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00042-01-5

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