SENATE DOCKET, NO. 719        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1475

 

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

 

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

1/24/2017

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

1/24/2017

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/25/2017

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/25/2017

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

1/25/2017

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/25/2017

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

1/25/2017

Michael F. Rush

Norfolk and Suffolk

1/26/2017

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

1/26/2017

Richard J. Ross

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

1/27/2017

Jennifer L. Flanagan

Worcester and Middlesex

1/27/2017

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

1/31/2017

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/31/2017

Anne M. Gobi

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

1/31/2017

James T. Welch

Hampden

2/1/2017

Thomas M. McGee

Third Essex

2/1/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

2/2/2017

James M. Murphy

4th Norfolk

2/2/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/3/2017

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

2/3/2017

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/3/2017

Juana B. Matias

16th Essex

3/23/2017

Kathleen O'Connor Ives

First Essex

5/3/2017

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

5/3/2017

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

5/3/2017


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 719        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1475

By Mr. Timilty, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1475) of James E. Timilty, Shaunna L. O'Connell, Diana DiZoglio, John H. Rogers 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. 1440 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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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 2014 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.”