6402 AMS SHED GORR 005

SB 6402 - S AMD - 031

    By Senator T. Sheldon

                               NOT ADOPTED (DIVISION 20-28) 2/7/00

    On page 72, after line 2, strike all material through "duties." on line 6, and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 307.  Strikes by state employees are prohibited.  No employee of any state agency, department, or institution of higher education may strike or refuse to perform his or her official duties.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 308.  An employee organization that initiates or continues a strike is subject to a fine of five thousand dollars for each day that the strike is in effect."

    Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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EFFECT: Prohibits strikes and provides for a $5,000 fine for each day that an employee organization initiaties or continues a strike.