Bill Text: MI HB6078 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor: collective bargaining; certain collective bargaining meetings; require public school employers to record the audio of and make the recording available to the public. Amends 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.201 - 423.217) by adding sec. 15c.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-10 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/05/2022 [HB6078 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB6078-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 6078
A bill to amend 1947 PA 336, entitled
"An act to prohibit strikes by certain public employees; to provide review from disciplinary action with respect thereto; to provide for the mediation of grievances and the holding of elections; to declare and protect the rights and privileges of public employees; to require certain provisions in collective bargaining agreements; to prescribe means of enforcement and penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; and to make appropriations,"
(MCL 423.201 to 423.217) by adding section 15c.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 15c. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a public school employer shall audiorecord each meeting it conducts with a bargaining representative of its public employees that is related to the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement and, not later than 2 business days following the meeting, shall make the full, unedited audiorecording of the meeting available to the public on its website homepage.
(2) This section does not limit any law requiring a greater degree of openness for a meeting between a public school employer and a bargaining representative of its public employees and does not prohibit a public school employer from adopting a policy that provides for a greater degree of openness for a meeting between it and a bargaining representative of its public employees.
(3) This section does not apply to a unit of local government unless the legislature, if needed to comply with section 29 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, appropriates sufficient funding to the unit of local government for any new or increased costs that would be incurred by the unit of local government in the implementation of this section.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 6048 of the 101st Legislature is enacted into law.
