Bill Text: OR HB2655 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to labor agreements entered into by the state.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2655 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2655-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 1077

                         House Bill 2655

Sponsored by Representative GILLIAM; Representative FREEMAN
  (Presession filed.)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires approval of certain collective bargaining and
arbitration agreements by Legislative Assembly.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to labor agreements entered into by the state.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2011 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 243.650 to 243.782. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) A collective bargaining agreement or an
arbitration agreement that provides for an increase in total
compensation for state employees subject to the agreement that is
greater than the percentage increase or decrease in the cost of
living for the previous calendar year, based on changes in the
Portland-Salem, OR-WA Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers for All Items as published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, must be
submitted to the Legislative Assembly for its approval. The
agreement does not become effective until approved by the
Legislative Assembly by law.
  (2) Prior to the approval by the Legislative Assembly of a
collective bargaining agreement or arbitration agreement required
by subsection (1) of this section and after the expiration of a
previous agreement, all wages and benefits shall remain frozen at
the level last in effect before the agreement expired.
  (3) As used in this section, 'total compensation' means the
value of employee salary, health care benefits, life insurance
benefits and retirement benefits. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 2 of this 2011 Act applies to all
collective bargaining and arbitration agreements entered into by
the State of Oregon and the exclusive representative of the state
employees subject to the agreement on or after the effective date
of this 2011 Act. + }
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