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Assembly Bill A2377

2017-2018 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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2017-A2377 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §87, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6338
2011-2012: A4957
2013-2014: A3746
2015-2016: A6184

2017-A2377 (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.

2017-A2377 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2377
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, MONTESANO, WALTER, STEC -- Multi-Sponsored
   by  -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, COOK, FITZPATRICK, KOLB, LALOR, McDONALD,
   McKEVITT, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
   mental 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.

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