5841 AMS PELZ S2588.1

SB 5841 - S AMD - (s2588.1) 224

By Senators Pelz, Gaspard and Kohl

                                                   ADOPTED 3/14/95

    On page 52, beginning on line 11, after "commission." strike all material through "parties." on line 31, and insert the following:

    "The fact-finder shall meet with the parties or their representatives, or both, and make inquiries and investigations, hold hearings, and take such other steps as may be appropriate.  If the dispute is not settled, the fact-finder shall make findings of fact and recommend terms of settlement within thirty days.

    Such recommendations, together with the findings of fact, shall be submitted in writing to the parties and the commission privately before they are made public.  The commission, the fact-finder, the employer, or the exclusive bargaining representative may make such findings and recommendations public if the dispute is not settled within ten working days after their receipt from the fact-finder.

    Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an employer and an exclusive bargaining representative from agreeing to substitute, at their own expense, their own procedure for resolving impasses in collective bargaining for that provided in this section or from agreeing to utilize for the purposes of this section any other governmental or other agency or person in lieu of the commission.

    Costs for mediator services shall be borne by the commission, and costs for fact-finding shall be borne equally by the negotiating parties."

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