Bill Text: IL SB0311 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning grievance procedures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-06 - Referred to Assignments [SB0311 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB0311-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB0311 Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 315/8 from Ch. 48, par. 1608
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning grievance procedures.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
(5 ILCS 315/8) (from Ch. 48, par. 1608)
Sec. 8. Grievance Procedure. The The collective bargaining
agreement negotiated between the employer and the exclusive
representative shall contain a grievance resolution procedure
which shall apply to all employees in the bargaining unit and
shall provide for final and binding arbitration of disputes
concerning the administration or interpretation of the
agreement unless mutually agreed otherwise. Any agreement
containing a final and binding arbitration provision shall also
contain a provision prohibiting strikes for the duration of the
agreement. The grievance and arbitration provisions of any
collective bargaining agreement shall be subject to the
Illinois "Uniform Arbitration Act". The costs of such
arbitration shall be borne equally by the employer and the
employee organization.
(Source: P.A. 83-1012.)