House Amendment 1361


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend the amendment, H=1326, to Senate File 313, as
     1  2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
     1  3 follows:
     1  4 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 2 the
     1  5 following:
     1  6    <#   .  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
     1  7 following:
     1  8    <Section 1.  Section 20.1, unnumbered paragraph 1,
     1  9 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     1 10    The general assembly declares that it is the public
     1 11 policy of the state to promote harmonious and co=
     1 12 operative relationships between government and its
     1 13 employees by permitting public employees to organize
     1 14 and bargain collectively; to protect the citizens of
     1 15 this state by assuring effective and orderly
     1 16 operations of government in providing for their
     1 17 health, safety, and welfare, consistent with each
     1 18 public employer's relevant economic factors regarding
     1 19 the present and anticipated future economic conditions
     1 20 and the employer's ability to finance an agreement
     1 21 under this chapter; to prohibit and prevent all
     1 22 strikes by public employees; and to protect the rights
     1 23 of public employees to join or refuse to join, and to
     1 24 participate in or refuse to participate in, employee
     1 25 organizations.>>
     1 26 #2.  Page 1, by striking lines 19 through 24 and
     1 27 inserting the following:
     1 28    <#   .  Page 8, lines 1 through 3, by striking the
     1 29 words <, which includes consideration of the
     1 30 bargaining factors enumerated in section 20.16A,>.>
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     1 34 WATTS of Dallas
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     1 38 WISE of Lee
     1 39 SF 313.305 80
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