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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1727

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Representatives Lux and Fisch

Read first time 1/22/86 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to collective bargaining; and amending RCW 41.56.950.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 187, Laws of 1971 ex. sess. and RCW 41.56.950 are each amended to read as follows:

After the termination date of a collective bargaining agreement, all of its terms and conditions shall remain in effect until the execution of a successor agreement.  Whenever a collective bargaining agreement between a public employer and a bargaining representative is concluded after the termination date of the previous collective bargaining agreement between the same parties, the effective date of such collective bargaining agreement may be the day after the termination date of the previous collective bargaining agreement and all benefits included in the new collective bargaining agreement including wage increases may accrue beginning with such effective date as established by this section.