Notwithstanding any other law, the following provisions shall govern disputes between exclusive bargaining representatives of public transit employees and local agencies:

(a) The disputes shall not be subject to any fact-finding procedure otherwise provided by law.

Terms Used In California Government Code 3611

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Local agency: means any city, county, special district, or other public entity in the state. See California Government Code 3610
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(b) Each party shall exchange contract proposals not less than 90 days before the expiration of a contract, and shall be in formal collective bargaining not less than 60 days before that expiration.

(c) Each party shall supply to the other party all reasonable data as requested by the other party.

(d) At the request of either party to a dispute, a conciliator from the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service shall be assigned to mediate the dispute and shall have access to all formal negotiations.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to any local agency subject to the provisions of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4.

(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 46, Sec. 11. (SB 1038) Effective June 27, 2012.)

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