Connecticut § 7-473b Mandatory timetable for negotiations. Appointment of mediator.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 7-473b — Mandatory timetable for negotiations. Appointment of mediator.

Connecticut § 7-473b

Title 7Municipalities

Ch. 113Municipal Employees

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-473b (2026).

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(a)The negotiations between a municipal employer and a municipal employee organization shall commence at least one hundred twenty days prior to the expiration date of any current collective bargaining agreement subject to the provisions of sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive.

(b)If, within fifty days of the commencement of negotiations concerning the terms of a current collective bargaining agreement, or within eighty days of the certification or recognition of a newly certified or recognized municipal employee organization required to commence negotiations pursuant to section 7-473a , a collective bargaining agreement has not been approved, or either the municipal employer or the municipal employee organization has not requested the mediation services of the State Board of Mediation and

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(a) The negotiations between a municipal employer and a municipal employee organization shall commence at least one hundred twenty days prior to the expiration date of any current collective bargaining agreement subject to the provisions of sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive. (b) If, within fifty days of the commencement of negotiations concerning the terms of a current collective bargaining agreement, or within eighty days of the certification or recognition of a newly certified or recognized municipal employee organization required to commence negotiations pursuant to section 7-473a , a collective bargaining agreement has not been approved, or either the municipal employer or the municipal employee organization has not requested the mediation services of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration, said board shall appoint a mediator in accordance with the provisions of section 31-97 . (c) Either the municipal employer or the employee organization may request the mediation services of said board at any earlier time than that established in subsection (b) of this section, provided the mediation services are requested in accordance with the provisions of section 7-472 .

Legislative History

(P.A. 75-570, S. 2; P.A. 84-242, S. 1; P.A. 92-170, S. 17, 26; P.A. 93-17, S. 2, 6.) History: P.A. 84-242 amended Subsec. (c) to provide that the parties may jointly waive the fact finding requirement and thereafter be subject to mandatory binding arbitration; P.A. 92-170 deleted former Subsecs. (c) and (d) re timetables and procedures for fact-finding, relettering former Subsec. (e) accordingly and removing all references to fact-finding, effective May 26, 1992, and applicable to arbitration proceedings commencing after that date; P.A. 93-17 amended Subsec. (b) to require state board of mediation and arbitration to impose mediation on a newly certified or recognized municipal employee organization and a municipal employer if the parties fail to approve an original collective bargaining agreement within 80 days of the organization's certification or recognition, effective April 21, 1993. Cited. 175 C. 349. Standing to test constitutionality of binding arbitration provisions of Municipal Employees Relations Act discussed. 181 C. 421. Cited. 185 C. 88; 196 C. 192; Id., 623; 200 C. 38; 201 C. 577; Id., 685; 204 C. 746; 205 C. 116; 210 C. 549; 212 C. 294; 215 C. 14; Id., 277; 221 C. 244; 225 C. 297; 234 C. 123. Cited. 3 CA 1; 16 CA 232. Cited. 42 CS 227; 43 CS 470.