HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 94789        FILED ON: 6/22/2010

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4789

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act RELATIVE TO GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES..

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. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the commonwealth and its political subdivisions may not employ the use of global positioning system technology, or other similar technology, to monitor or track employees of the commonwealth or its political subdivisions, unless the implementation and terms of use of such technology is mutually agreed to in a collective bargaining agreement.  In the absence of a collective bargaining agreement, the implementation and use of such technology shall be subject to the provisions of  sections 52 through 56, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General Laws..