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Second Substitute H.B. 362

Representative Daniel McCay proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

             2     
NEGOTIATION PROCESS

             3     
2013 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Chief Sponsor: Daniel McCay

             6     
Senate Sponsor: ____________

             7     
             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill enacts provisions relating to negotiation meetings between public employers
             11      and public employee labor organizations.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    requires negotiation meetings between public employers and public employee labor
             15      organizations to be open to the public;
             16          .    requires public employers to provide public notice of a negotiation meeting;
             17          .    requires public employers to keep minutes of negotiation meetings and to make
             18      audio recordings of those meetings; and
             19          .    requires public employers to make minutes and audio recordings available to the
             20      public.
             21      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             22          None
             23      Other Special Clauses:
             24          None
             25      Utah Code Sections Affected:


             26      ENACTS:
             27          34-20a-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             28          34-20a-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             29          34-20a-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             30          34-20a-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             31     
             32      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             33          Section 1. Section 34-20a-101 is enacted to read:
             34     
CHAPTER 20a. TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

             35     
NEGOTIATION

             36     
Part 1. General Provisions

             37          34-20a-101. Title.
             38          This chapter is known as "Transparency in Public Employment Negotiation."
             39          Section 2. Section 34-20a-102 is enacted to read:
             40          34-20a-102. Definitions.
             41          As used in this chapter:
             42          (1) "Employment agreement" means an agreement between a public employer and a
             43      public employee labor organization regarding salary and benefits of public employees
             44      represented by the public employee labor organization.
             45          (2) "Negotiation meeting" means a meeting between a public employer and a public
             46      employee labor organization for the purpose of negotiating the terms of a new employment
             47      agreement.
             48          (3) "Public employee" means an employee of a public employer.
             49          (4) "Public employer" means:
             50          (a) the state or any department, division, agency, or other instrumentality of the state,
             51      including an institution of higher education; or
             52          (b) a county, city, town, school district, local district, special service district, or other
             53      political subdivision of the state.
             54          (5) "Public employee labor organization" means an organization of any kind, in which
             55      public employees participate, that exists, in whole or in part, for the purpose of negotiating
             56      with public employers on behalf of public employees about matters addressed by an


             57      employment agreement.
             58          Section 3. Section 34-20a-201 is enacted to read:
             59     
Part 2. Negotiation Meetings

             60          34-20a-201. Negotiation meetings open to the public -- Notice of meeting.
             61          (1) (a) A negotiation meeting shall be open to the public.
             62          (b) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to a separate meeting held by a public employer or
             63      public employee labor organization during the course of a negotiation meeting, if:
             64          (i) for a separate meeting held by a public employer, the meeting does not include an
             65      individual representing the public employee labor organization; and
             66          (ii) for a separate meeting held by a public employee labor organization, the meeting
             67      does not include an individual representing the public employer.
             68          (2) (a) A public employer shall give written public notice of a negotiation meeting, as
             69      provided in Subsection (2)(b), at least 24 hours in advance.
             70          (b) A notice under Subsection (2)(a) shall:
             71          (i) state the date, time, and location of the negotiation meeting;
             72          (ii) state the subject matter to be addressed at the negotiation meeting; and
             73          (iii) be posted:
             74          (A) at the principal office of the public employer;
             75          (B) at the location of the negotiation meeting; and
             76          (C) electronically on the Utah Public Notice Website created under Section 63F-1-701 .
             77          Section 4. Section 34-20a-202 is enacted to read:
             78          34-20a-202. Minutes and audio recording of negotiation meeting.
             79          (1) (a) A public employer shall:
             80          (i) prepare minutes of a negotiation meeting; and
             81          (ii) make an audio recording of a negotiation meeting.
             82          (b) Minutes under Subsection (1)(a)(i) shall include:
             83          (i) the date, time, and location of the negotiation meeting;
             84          (ii) the name of each public employer and public labor organization representative
             85      present at the meeting;
             86          (iii) the substance of all matters discussed, proposed, or decided at the meeting; and
             87          (iv) if applicable, a record of any action taken or decided upon at the meeting.


             88          (c) An audio recording under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) shall:
             89          (i) be a complete and unedited audio record of all portions of a negotiation meeting
             90      from its commencement through its adjournment; and
             91          (ii) be accurately labeled with the date, time, and location of the meeting.
             92          (2) (a) Within 10 business days after a negotiation meeting is held, a public employer
             93      shall:
             94          (i) make minutes of the meeting available to the public; and
             95          (ii) post the minutes on the public employer's Internet website, if the public employer
             96      has an Internet website.
             97          (b) Within three business days after a negotiation meeting is held, a public employer
             98      shall:
             99          (i) make an audio recording of the meeting available to the public; and
             100          (ii) post the audio recording on the public employer's Internet website, if the public
             101      employer has an Internet website.


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