Provides that any records indicating the proposed terms of a collective bargaining agreement be made available to the public immediately following approval of such proposed terms by a public employee union and at least two weeks prior to approval or rejection of such proposed terms by the public employer; provides that copies of all proposed school district collective bargaining agreements, employment contracts or amendments to such contracts be placed on the school district website, if such website exists, and within the local public libraries and offices of such school districts at least two weeks prior to approval or rejection of such proposed public employee union or school district proposed collective bargaining agreements or action taken to approve other employment contracts or amendments thereto.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6184
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 16, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, MONTESANO, CORWIN, KATZ, WALTER, STEC --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DUPREY, FITZPATRICK, KOLB, LALOR,
McDONALD, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, TENNEY, THIELE -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to certain collec-
tive bargaining agreements
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public
2 officers law, as added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (c) if disclosed would impair present or imminent contract awards or
5 collective bargaining negotiations: (i) provided, however, that records
6 indicating the proposed terms of a public employee union or school
7 district collective bargaining agreement together with facts describing
8 the economic impact and any new costs attributable to such agreement,
9 contract or amendment shall be made available to the public immediately
10 following approval of such proposed terms by a public employee union,
11 and at least two weeks prior to the approval or rejection of such
12 proposed terms by the public employer when such records are sent to
13 members of the public employee union for their approval or rejection;
14 and
15 (ii) that copies of all proposed public employee union or school
16 district collective bargaining agreements, employment contracts or
17 amendments to such contracts together with facts describing the economic
18 impact and any new costs attributable to such agreement, contract or
19 amendment be placed on the municipal or school district websites, if
20 such websites exist, and within the local public libraries and offices
21 of such school districts or in the case of collective bargaining agree-
22 ments negotiated by the state of New York, on the website of the gover-
23 nor's office of employee relations at least two weeks prior to approval
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 or rejection of such proposed public employee union or school district
2 proposed collective bargaining agreements or action taken to approve
3 other employment contracts or amendments thereto;
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
