HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2661        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3736

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act making certain changes to insurance for persons in the service of counties, cities, towns, and districts, and their dependents..

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.  Section 3 of Chapter 32B, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition of the Massachusetts General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “commission,” in line 39, a new sentence:-

“The negotiation and purchase of insurance, including the execution, implementation, and application of any insurance agreement, by governmental units pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not be subject to collective bargaining under chapter one hundred-and-fifty E.”

SECTION 2.  The provisions of this act shall not affect obligations under any collective bargaining agreement in effect prior to the effective date of this act.