SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1237        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1440

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James E. Timilty

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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:

 

James E. Timilty

Bristol and Norfolk

 

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

 

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

 

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

 

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

 

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

 

William C. Galvin

6th Norfolk

 

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

 

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

 

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

 

John V. Fernandes

10th Worcester

 

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

 

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.

26th Middlesex

 

Patricia A. Haddad

5th Bristol

 

Richard J. Ross

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

 

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

 

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

 

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

 

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

 

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

 

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Worcester and Middlesex

 

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

 

Walter F. Timilty

7th Norfolk

 

Theodore C. Speliotis

13th Essex

 

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

 

Bruce J. Ayers

1st Norfolk

 

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

 

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

 

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

 

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

 

Robert L. Hedlund

Plymouth and Norfolk

 

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

 

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

 

Aaron Michlewitz

3rd Suffolk

 

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

 

Anthony W. Petruccelli

First Suffolk and Middlesex

 

James T. Welch

Hampden

 

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

 

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

 

Thomas P. Kennedy

Second Plymouth and Bristol

 

Thomas M. McGee

Third Essex

2/13/2015


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1237        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1440

By Mr. Timilty, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1440) of James E. Timilty, Louis L. Kafka, Mark J. Cusack, Timothy R. Whelan and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the sanctity of collective bargaining.  Public Service.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1298 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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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 7(d) of chapter 150E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 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.”