Bill Text: NJ S639 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Concerns collective negotiations for public institutions of higher education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee [S639 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-S639-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 639

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  THOMAS H. KEAN, JR.

District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Beck and Bateman

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Concerns collective negotiations for public institutions of higher education.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act concerning collective negotiations for public institutions of higher education and supplementing P.L.1941, c.100.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a. Individuals retained by the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission in order to institute impasse procedures for collective negotiations involving public institutions of higher education shall consider the following factors in formulating their opinions and recommendations for settlement:

     (1)   The impact of any reductions in State or county funding.

     (2)   The potential and likely impact of a recommended settlement on tuition rates.

     (3)   The cost of benefits provided to affected State employees.

     b.    The commission shall adopt those rules required to regulate the institution of impasse procedures so that there will be full opportunity for negotiations and the resolution of impasses prior to required budget submission dates.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill provides that individuals retained by the Public Employment Relations Commission to institute impasse procedures for collective negotiations involving public institutions of higher education must consider the following factors in formulating their opinions and recommendations for settlement: the impact of any reductions in State or county funding; the potential and likely impact of a recommended settlement on tuition rates; and the cost of benefits provided to affected State employees.