SECTION 1. Section 6 of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

The operating budget in the current and ensuing fiscal years shall include the appropriation necessary to fund all incremental cost items for all years covered by any collective bargaining agreement to which either the board of trustees of the University of Massachusetts or the board of higher education is a party, separate and apart from any appropriation for the general maintenance of the University or public institutions of higher education where the board of higher education is the employer for purposes of collective bargaining under chapter 150E of the general laws, excluding grant funded and auxiliary enterprises accounts funded positions.

SECTION 2. Section 8 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “and authorities”, in line 106, the following words:- , but not including Massachusetts public institutions of higher education employees paid for by student fees, tuition or state appropriation.

SECTION 3. Notwithstanding section 8 of chapter 32A of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the cost of fringe benefits, including but not limited to the cost of pensions and health insurance, associated with employees of a public institution of higher education as defined in section 5 of chapter 15A shall be the obligation of the commonwealth, excluding grant funded and auxiliary enterprises accounts funded positions.