HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1988        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1403

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the sanctity of collective bargaining.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/20/2011

Kevin Aguiar

7th Bristol

2/3/2011

Carlo Basile

1st Suffolk

2/3/2011

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/2/2011

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

2/4/2011

Walter F. Timilty

7th Norfolk

2/3/2011

James E. Timilty

 

1/31/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1988        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1403

By Mr. Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1403) of Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. and others relative to the sanctity of collective bargaining.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to the sanctity of collective bargaining.

 

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 7(d) of chapter 150E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (q), the following new subsection:-

“(r ) sections one through thirty-one, inclusive, of chapter twenty-two C; provided, however, that any provision of the collective bargaining agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 150E by the Commonwealth and the employee organization representing the bargaining unit of the non-commissioned officers of the department of state police which conflicts with any provision of chapter twenty-two C can be suspended in the event of and only for the duration of an emergency which requires such suspension. For purposes of the sub-section, an emergency is defined as a condition in which the safety of the public is in imminent danger, such as a threat to life or health or where immediate law enforcement intervention is required to maintain or restore such public safety.”