Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-203

TRP 203

Collective Bargaining

Messrs. Tarr, Ross, deMacedo and Humason moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 53 the following two new sections:–

"SECTION 53A.  The first sentence of section 32 of said chapter 161A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following words:– ; and any such award shall have no retroactive effect.

SECTION 53B.  Said section 32 of said chapter 161A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the fourth sentence and inserting in place thereof the following 2 sentences:–

Within 30 days after the arbitrator’s written opinion is issued, the employer shall submit to the board of directors of the department of transportation  a request for the appropriation necessary to fund such decision or determination.  Any determination by the arbitrator, if supported by material and substantial evidence on the record, shall be, subject to approval by the board of directors of the department of transportation  of such funding request, binding upon the parties and may be enforced at the insistence of either party or by the arbitrator in the superior court."