Bill Text: CT SB00158 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Defining "insufficient Funds" For Purposes Of Rejection Of State Employee Arbitration Awards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-17 - Public Hearing 03/24 [SB00158 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00158-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 158
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 2553
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Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. HARTLEY, 15th Dist. SEN. SLOSSBERG, 14th Dist.

AN ACT DEFINING "INSUFFICIENT FUNDS" FOR PURPOSES OF REJECTION OF STATE EMPLOYEE ARBITRATION AWARDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 5-278 of the general statutes be amended to provide that, in determining that there are insufficient funds for full implementation of a state employee arbitration award, (1) the General Assembly shall assess the financial capability of the employer, which shall include, but not be limited to, (A) consideration of other demands on the financial capability of the employer and whether the ability of the employer to meet such other demands would be significantly diminished by implementation of the award, and (B) whether the credit rating of the state would be impaired by implementation of the award, (2) if any amounts are awarded for wages, salaries, fringe benefits and other conditions of employment that are in excess of wages, salaries, fringe benefits and other conditions of employment prevailing in the private sector labor market, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that there are insufficient funds for full implementation of the award, and (3) no funds in the Budget Reserve Fund, established pursuant to section 4-30a of the general statutes, may be expended for the implementation of any arbitration award.

Statement of Purpose:

To define "insufficient funds" for purposes of state employee arbitration awards.