Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. To provide for certain collective bargaining costs, including the cost of salary adjustments and other employee economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreements between the board of regents of higher education and the Service Employees International Union, Local 254, for the professional/technical unit at the university of Lowell; between the regents and the Massachusetts Society of Professors for the faculty unit at the university of Lowell; between the regents and the Association of Professional Administrators (MTA) for the professional administrative unit at the state colleges; and between the regents and the Massachusetts Teachers Association (NEA) for the faculty unit at the state colleges, and to provide for the cost of salary adjustments and other employee economic benefits authorized pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (l) of section forty-six of chapter thirty of the General Laws, clauses (o), (v), (w), (x), (y) and (z) of section five of chapter fifteen A of the General Laws, and section four of said chapter fifteen A, the sums set forth in section two of this act are hereby appropriated, subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public funds and the conditions pertaining to appropriations in chapter one hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and eighty-seven, the sums so appropriated to be in addition to any amounts available for the purpose.

SECTION 2.

`tm;keep=no `tcol=6,B4;c1=1,9,tu,T;c2=1,78,tuc;c3=1,78,tuc;c4=11,53,tfh1;c5=15,49,tu;c6=65,14,tur `tc3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE. `tch `tc1 `ts Item `t+1 `tch;end `tc1 1599-3618 `tc4 For a reserve to meet the cost of certain salary adjustments and other employee economic benefits for all classified employees of a public institution of higher education who are incumbents of positions designated as confidential, all classified employees of a public institution of higher education who are incumbents of positions in classes that are not certified to a collective bargaining unit but where other positions in the same classes are so certified or recognized, all classified employees of a public institution of higher education who are incumbents of positions in classes that are not certified to a collective bargaining unit and where other positions in the same classes are not so certified or recognized, and all incumbents of offices and positions in the professional staffs serving under the governing boards of public institutions of higher education; provided, however, that the secretary of administration and finance is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-eight such amounts as are necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and eighty-seven and nineteen hundred and eighty-eight where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose; provided, further, that said secretary is authorized to allocate the cost of such salary adjustments and benefits to the several state or other funds to which such items of appropriation are charged; provided, further, that an analysis of all cost items shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means prior to the transfer or allocation of any amounts necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits; provided, further, that no transfers shall be made as authorized herein without prior notification of the house and senate committees on ways and means; provided, further, that notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, the board of regents of higher education shall determine the salary adjustments and other benefits for all incumbents of offices and positions in the professional staffs serving under the governing boards of public institutions of higher education, all classified employees of a public institution of higher education who are incumbents of positions designated as confidential, all classified employees of a public institution of higher education who are incumbents of positions in classes that are not certified to a collective bargaining unit but where other positions in the same classes are so certified or recognized, and all classified employees of a public institution of higher education who are incumbents of positions in classes that are not certified to a collective bargaining unit and where other positions in the same classes are not so certified or recognized; provided, further, that the salary adjustments for classified employees shall not exceed salary adjustments set forth in the collective bargaining agreements with AFSCME, SEIU, and IBEW; and provided, further, that the salary adjustments for all incumbents of the offices and positions in the professional staffs shall be in accordance with schedules filed by the board of regents of higher education with the secretary of administration and finance `tc6 $13,513,000 `tc1 1599-3631 `tc4 For a reserve to meet the cost of salary adjustments and other employee economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the board of regents of higher education and the Service Employees International Union, Local 254, for the professional/technical unit at the university of Lowell; provided, however, that the secretary of administration and finance is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-eight such amounts as are necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and eighty-seven and nineteen hundred and eighty-eight where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose; provided, further, that said secretary is authorized to allocate the cost of such salary adjustments and benefits to the several state or other funds to which such items of appropriation are charged; provided, further, that copies of said collective bargaining agreement, together with an analysis of all cost items contained in said agreement and all changes to be made in the schedules of permanent and temporary positions required by said agreement, shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means prior to the transfer or allocation of any amounts necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits; provided, further, that no transfers shall be made as authorized herein without prior notification of the house and senate committees on ways and means; and provided, further, that the secretary of administration and finance should implement said salary adjustments and benefits within sixty days of the effective date of this act `tc6 $581,000 `tc1 1599-3632 `tc4 For a reserve to meet the cost of salary adjustments and other employee economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the board of regents of higher education and the Massachusetts Society of Professors for the faculty unit at the university of Lowell; provided, however, that the secretary of administration and finance is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-eight such amounts as are necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and eighty-seven and nineteen hundred and eighty-eight where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose; provided, further, that said secretary is authorized to allocate the cost of such salary adjustments and benefits to the several state or other funds to which such items of appropriation are charged; provided, further, that copies of said collective bargaining agreement, together with an analysis of all cost items contained in said agreement and all changes to be made in the schedules of permanent and temporary positions required by said agreement, shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means prior to the transfer or allocation of any amounts necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits; and provided, further, that no transfers shall be made as authorized herein without prior notification of the house and senate committees on ways and means `tc6 $3,269,000 `tc1 1599-3633 `tc4 For a reserve to meet the cost of salary adjustments and other employee economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreements between the board of regents of higher education and the Association of Professional Administrators (MTA) for the professional administrative unit at the state colleges; provided, however, that the secretary of administration and finance is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-eight such amounts as are necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and eighty-seven and nineteen hundred and eighty-eight where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose; provided, further, that said secretary is authorized to allocate the cost of such salary adjustments and benefits to the several state or other funds to which such items of appropriation are charged; provided, further, that copies of said collective bargaining agreement, together with an analysis of all cost items contained in said agreement and all changes to be made in the schedules of permanent and temporary positions required by said agreement, shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means prior to the transfer or allocation of any amounts necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits; and provided, further, that no transfers shall be made as authorized herein without the prior notification of the house and senate committees on ways and means `tc6 $1,588,000 `tc1 1599-3634 `tc4 For a reserve to meet the cost of salary adjustments and other employee economic benefits authorized by the collective bargaining agreement between the board of regents and the Massachusetts Teachers Association (NEA) for the faculty unit at the state colleges; provided, however, that the secretary of administration and finance is hereby authorized to transfer from the sum appropriated herein to other items of appropriation and allocations thereof for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-eight such amounts as are necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and eighty-seven and nineteen hundred and eighty-eight where the amounts otherwise available are insufficient for the purpose; provided, further, that said secretary is authorized to allocate the cost of such salary adjustments and benefits to the several state or other funds to which such items of appropriation are charged; provided, further, that copies of said collective bargaining agreement, together with an analysis of all cost items contained in said agreement and all changes to be made in the schedules of permanent and temporary positions required by said agreement, shall be filed with the house and senate committees on ways and means prior to the transfer or allocation of any amounts necessary to meet the cost of said adjustments and benefits; and provided, further, that no transfers shall be made as authorized herein without prior notification of the house and senate committees on ways and means `tc6 $8,952,000 `tcol;end

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.