General Assembly Raised Bill No. 905
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 3471
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT REGARDING NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR SELECTION
COMMITTEE REQUIREMENTS AT THE STATE BOARD OF
MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 7-473c of the general statutes is
2 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October
3 1, 2021):
4 (a) The Labor Commissioner shall appoint a Neutral Arbitrator
5 Selection Committee consisting of ten members, each of whom shall be
6 a resident of the state, five of whom shall represent the interests of
7 employees and employee organizations and five of whom shall
8 represent the interests of municipal employers, provided one of the
9 members representing the interests of municipal employers shall be a
10 representative of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities. The
11 members of the selection committee shall serve for a term of four years.
12 Arbitrators may be removed for good cause. The selection committee
13 shall appoint a panel of neutral arbitrators consisting of not less than
14 twenty impartial persons representing the interests of the public in
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15 general to serve as provided in this section. Each member of the panel
16 shall be a resident of the state and shall be selected by [a unanimous
17 vote] not less than seven affirmative votes of the selection committee.
18 The members of the panel shall serve for a term of two years.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 7-473c(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To specify neutral arbitrator selection committee requirements at the
state board of mediation and arbitration.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
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