House Amendment 8152
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 2645 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 6 the
1 3 following:
1 4 <Sec. . Section 20.3, subsection 1, Code 2007,
1 5 is amended to read as follows:
1 6 1. "Arbitration" means the procedure whereby the
1 7 parties involved in an impasse submit their
1 8 differences to a third party for a final and binding
1 9 decision or as provided in this chapter.>
1 10 #2. Page 7, line 22, by striking the word
1 11 <binding> and inserting the following: <binding>.
1 12 #3. Page 7, line 27, by striking the word
1 13 <binding> and inserting the following: <binding>.
1 14 #4. Page 10, lines 33 and 34, by striking the
1 15 words <, which shall be binding> and inserting the
1 16 following: <, which shall be binding>.
1 17 #5. Page 13, line 13, by inserting after the word
1 18 <parties> the following: <subject to the provisions
1 19 of section 20.22A>.
1 20 #6. Page 13, line 16, by inserting after the word
1 21 and figure <subsection 6> the following: <, and
1 22 section 20.22A>.
1 23 #7. Page 13, by inserting after line 19 the
1 24 following:
1 25 <Sec. . NEW SECTION. 20.22A STATE EMPLOYEE
1 26 NEGOTIATIONS.
1 27 1. The items of a collective bargaining agreement
1 28 reached pursuant to this chapter between a public
1 29 employer and an employee organization representing
1 30 state employees which require economic adjustments
1 31 shall not take effect and the agreement is not final
1 32 and binding until moneys have been appropriated to
1 33 fund the economic adjustments by the general assembly,
1 34 specifically to fund the economic adjustments of the
1 35 collective bargaining agreement at issue. Items of a
1 36 collective bargaining agreement concerning an employee
1 37 organization representing state employees that are not
1 38 economic adjustments are not subject to approval by
1 39 the general assembly and are final and binding upon
1 40 their determination subject to the provisions of
1 41 section 20.17, subsection 6.
1 42 2. Within ten days following the determination of
1 43 a collective bargaining agreement on all negotiated
1 44 items by agreement of the parties or by an arbitration
1 45 decision, the governor, or the governor's designee,
1 46 shall inform the general assembly the amount of the
1 47 appropriation necessary to fund the economic
1 48 adjustments requires to fund the collective bargaining
1 49 agreement.
1 50 3. The general assembly shall appropriate funds in
2 1 any amount up to and including the amount indicated by
2 2 the governor, or the governor's designee, under
2 3 subsection 2. If less than the entire amount
2 4 indicated by the governor, or the governor's designee,
2 5 is appropriated by the general assembly, the
2 6 collective bargaining agreement shall be administered
2 7 on the basis of the amounts appropriated by and any
2 8 directions of the general assembly.
2 9 4. The general assembly shall make an
2 10 appropriation as provided by this section prior to the
2 11 date the collective bargaining agreement is to become
2 12 effective.
2 13 5. The items of a collective bargaining agreement
2 14 that require economic adjustments subject to the
2 15 provisions of this section shall become final and
2 16 binding upon an appropriation of funds by the general
2 17 assembly, subject to the provisions of section 20.17,
2 18 subsection 6.>
2 19 #8. By renumbering as necessary.
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2 22
2 23 WATTS of Dallas
2 24 HF 2645.206 82
2 25 ec/rj/20752
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