HF 2364

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 05/18/2015 10:48am

A bill for an act
relating to labor negotiation; requiring open meetings; proposing coding for new
law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014,
section 179A.14, subdivision 3.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [179A.165] LABOR NEGOTIATION, MEDIATION, AND
ARBITRATION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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new text begin (a) All negotiations between a representative of a public employer and the exclusive
representative of a labor organization must be open to the public. All meetings involving a
representative of a public employer, the exclusive representative of a labor organization,
and any labor arbitrator, mediator, or similar labor dispute meeting facilitator must be
open to the public.
new text end

new text begin (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a meeting may be closed to the public for the
specific purpose of receiving information about a specific employee, when the information
has a direct bearing on the issues being negotiated, arbitrated, or mediated, and the release
of that information would violate the employee's reasonable expectation of privacy.
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new text begin (c) For any public meeting under this section, any printed materials shared between
the parties to the meeting must be made available to members of the public during or
prior to the meeting.
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new text begin (d) For any public meeting under this section, public employers must follow the
notification procedures for special meetings of public bodies under section 13D.04,
subdivision 2. In addition, public employers must post notice of the public meeting on the
home page of the public employer's Web site at least four days in advance of the meeting.
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Sec. 2. new text begin REPEALER.
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new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 179A.14, subdivision 3, new text end new text begin is repealed.
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