94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4967

 

Introduced 01/19/06, by Rep. Dan Brady

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 315/14   from Ch. 48, par. 1614
30 ILCS 805/8.30 new

    Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. In the case of peace officers, expands the scope of arbitration to include residency requirements in municipalities of 1,000,000 or more. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning labor.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
5 amended by changing Section 14 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 315/14)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1614)
7     Sec. 14. Security Employee, Peace Officer and Fire Fighter
8 Disputes.
9     (a) In the case of collective bargaining agreements
10 involving units of security employees of a public employer,
11 Peace Officer Units, or units of fire fighters or paramedics,
12 and in the case of disputes under Section 18, unless the
13 parties mutually agree to some other time limit, mediation
14 shall commence 30 days prior to the expiration date of such
15 agreement or at such later time as the mediation services
16 chosen under subsection (b) of Section 12 can be provided to
17 the parties. In the case of negotiations for an initial
18 collective bargaining agreement, mediation shall commence upon
19 15 days notice from either party or at such later time as the
20 mediation services chosen pursuant to subsection (b) of Section
21 12 can be provided to the parties. In mediation under this
22 Section, if either party requests the use of mediation services
23 from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the other
24 party shall either join in such request or bear the additional
25 cost of mediation services from another source. The mediator
26 shall have a duty to keep the Board informed on the progress of
27 the mediation. If any dispute has not been resolved within 15
28 days after the first meeting of the parties and the mediator,
29 or within such other time limit as may be mutually agreed upon
30 by the parties, either the exclusive representative or employer
31 may request of the other, in writing, arbitration, and shall
32 submit a copy of the request to the Board.

 

 

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1     (b) Within 10 days after such a request for arbitration has
2 been made, the employer shall choose a delegate and the
3 employees' exclusive representative shall choose a delegate to
4 a panel of arbitration as provided in this Section. The
5 employer and employees shall forthwith advise the other and the
6 Board of their selections.
7     (c) Within 7 days of the request of either party, the Board
8 shall select from the Public Employees Labor Mediation Roster 7
9 persons who are on the labor arbitration panels of either the
10 American Arbitration Association or the Federal Mediation and
11 Conciliation Service, or who are members of the National
12 Academy of Arbitrators, as nominees for impartial arbitrator of
13 the arbitration panel. The parties may select an individual on
14 the list provided by the Board or any other individual mutually
15 agreed upon by the parties. Within 7 days following the receipt
16 of the list, the parties shall notify the Board of the person
17 they have selected. Unless the parties agree on an alternate
18 selection procedure, they shall alternatively strike one name
19 from the list provided by the Board until only one name
20 remains. A coin toss shall determine which party shall strike
21 the first name. If the parties fail to notify the Board in a
22 timely manner of their selection for neutral chairman, the
23 Board shall appoint a neutral chairman from the Illinois Public
24 Employees Mediation/Arbitration Roster.
25     (d) The chairman shall call a hearing to begin within 15
26 days and give reasonable notice of the time and place of the
27 hearing. The hearing shall be held at the offices of the Board
28 or at such other location as the Board deems appropriate. The
29 chairman shall preside over the hearing and shall take
30 testimony. Any oral or documentary evidence and other data
31 deemed relevant by the arbitration panel may be received in
32 evidence. The proceedings shall be informal. Technical rules of
33 evidence shall not apply and the competency of the evidence
34 shall not thereby be deemed impaired. A verbatim record of the
35 proceedings shall be made and the arbitrator shall arrange for
36 the necessary recording service. Transcripts may be ordered at

 

 

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1 the expense of the party ordering them, but the transcripts
2 shall not be necessary for a decision by the arbitration panel.
3 The expense of the proceedings, including a fee for the
4 chairman, established in advance by the Board, shall be borne
5 equally by each of the parties to the dispute. The delegates,
6 if public officers or employees, shall continue on the payroll
7 of the public employer without loss of pay. The hearing
8 conducted by the arbitration panel may be adjourned from time
9 to time, but unless otherwise agreed by the parties, shall be
10 concluded within 30 days of the time of its commencement.
11 Majority actions and rulings shall constitute the actions and
12 rulings of the arbitration panel. Arbitration proceedings
13 under this Section shall not be interrupted or terminated by
14 reason of any unfair labor practice charge filed by either
15 party at any time.
16     (e) The arbitration panel may administer oaths, require the
17 attendance of witnesses, and the production of such books,
18 papers, contracts, agreements and documents as may be deemed by
19 it material to a just determination of the issues in dispute,
20 and for such purpose may issue subpoenas. If any person refuses
21 to obey a subpoena, or refuses to be sworn or to testify, or if
22 any witness, party or attorney is guilty of any contempt while
23 in attendance at any hearing, the arbitration panel may, or the
24 attorney general if requested shall, invoke the aid of any
25 circuit court within the jurisdiction in which the hearing is
26 being held, which court shall issue an appropriate order. Any
27 failure to obey the order may be punished by the court as
28 contempt.
29     (f) At any time before the rendering of an award, the
30 chairman of the arbitration panel, if he is of the opinion that
31 it would be useful or beneficial to do so, may remand the
32 dispute to the parties for further collective bargaining for a
33 period not to exceed 2 weeks. If the dispute is remanded for
34 further collective bargaining the time provisions of this Act
35 shall be extended for a time period equal to that of the
36 remand. The chairman of the panel of arbitration shall notify

 

 

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1 the Board of the remand.
2     (g) At or before the conclusion of the hearing held
3 pursuant to subsection (d), the arbitration panel shall
4 identify the economic issues in dispute, and direct each of the
5 parties to submit, within such time limit as the panel shall
6 prescribe, to the arbitration panel and to each other its last
7 offer of settlement on each economic issue. The determination
8 of the arbitration panel as to the issues in dispute and as to
9 which of these issues are economic shall be conclusive. The
10 arbitration panel, within 30 days after the conclusion of the
11 hearing, or such further additional periods to which the
12 parties may agree, shall make written findings of fact and
13 promulgate a written opinion and shall mail or otherwise
14 deliver a true copy thereof to the parties and their
15 representatives and to the Board. As to each economic issue,
16 the arbitration panel shall adopt the last offer of settlement
17 which, in the opinion of the arbitration panel, more nearly
18 complies with the applicable factors prescribed in subsection
19 (h). The findings, opinions and order as to all other issues
20 shall be based upon the applicable factors prescribed in
21 subsection (h).
22     (h) Where there is no agreement between the parties, or
23 where there is an agreement but the parties have begun
24 negotiations or discussions looking to a new agreement or
25 amendment of the existing agreement, and wage rates or other
26 conditions of employment under the proposed new or amended
27 agreement are in dispute, the arbitration panel shall base its
28 findings, opinions and order upon the following factors, as
29 applicable:
30         (1) The lawful authority of the employer.
31         (2) Stipulations of the parties.
32         (3) The interests and welfare of the public and the
33     financial ability of the unit of government to meet those
34     costs.
35         (4) Comparison of the wages, hours and conditions of
36     employment of the employees involved in the arbitration

 

 

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1     proceeding with the wages, hours and conditions of
2     employment of other employees performing similar services
3     and with other employees generally:
4             (A) In public employment in comparable
5         communities.
6             (B) In private employment in comparable
7         communities.
8         (5) The average consumer prices for goods and services,
9     commonly known as the cost of living.
10         (6) The overall compensation presently received by the
11     employees, including direct wage compensation, vacations,
12     holidays and other excused time, insurance and pensions,
13     medical and hospitalization benefits, the continuity and
14     stability of employment and all other benefits received.
15         (7) Changes in any of the foregoing circumstances
16     during the pendency of the arbitration proceedings.
17         (8) Such other factors, not confined to the foregoing,
18     which are normally or traditionally taken into
19     consideration in the determination of wages, hours and
20     conditions of employment through voluntary collective
21     bargaining, mediation, fact-finding, arbitration or
22     otherwise between the parties, in the public service or in
23     private employment.
24     (i) In the case of peace officers, the arbitration decision
25 shall be limited to wages, hours, and conditions of employment,
26 and (which may include residency requirements ( in
27 municipalities with a population under 1,000,000, but those
28 residency requirements shall not allow residency outside of
29 Illinois) and shall not include the following: (i) i) residency
30 requirements in municipalities with a population of at least
31 1,000,000; ii) the type of equipment, other than uniforms,
32 issued or used; (ii) iii) manning; (iii) iv) the total number
33 of employees employed by the department; (iv) v) mutual aid and
34 assistance agreements to other units of government; and (v) vi)
35 the criterion pursuant to which force, including deadly force,
36 can be used; provided, nothing herein shall preclude an

 

 

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1 arbitration decision regarding equipment or manning levels if
2 such decision is based on a finding that the equipment or
3 manning considerations in a specific work assignment involve a
4 serious risk to the safety of a peace officer beyond that which
5 is inherent in the normal performance of police duties.
6 Limitation of the terms of the arbitration decision pursuant to
7 this subsection shall not be construed to limit the factors
8 upon which the decision may be based, as set forth in
9 subsection (h).
10     In the case of fire fighter, and fire department or fire
11 district paramedic matters, the arbitration decision shall be
12 limited to wages, hours, and conditions of employment (which
13 may include residency requirements in municipalities with a
14 population under 1,000,000, but those residency requirements
15 shall not allow residency outside of Illinois) and shall not
16 include the following matters: i) residency requirements in
17 municipalities with a population of at least 1,000,000; ii) the
18 type of equipment (other than uniforms and fire fighter turnout
19 gear) issued or used; iii) the total number of employees
20 employed by the department; iv) mutual aid and assistance
21 agreements to other units of government; and v) the criterion
22 pursuant to which force, including deadly force, can be used;
23 provided, however, nothing herein shall preclude an
24 arbitration decision regarding equipment levels if such
25 decision is based on a finding that the equipment
26 considerations in a specific work assignment involve a serious
27 risk to the safety of a fire fighter beyond that which is
28 inherent in the normal performance of fire fighter duties.
29 Limitation of the terms of the arbitration decision pursuant to
30 this subsection shall not be construed to limit the facts upon
31 which the decision may be based, as set forth in subsection
32 (h).
33     The changes to this subsection (i) made by Public Act
34 90-385 (relating to residency requirements) do not apply to
35 persons who are employed by a combined department that performs
36 both police and firefighting services; these persons shall be

 

 

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1 governed by the provisions of this subsection (i) relating to
2 peace officers, as they existed before the amendment by Public
3 Act 90-385.
4     To preserve historical bargaining rights, this subsection
5 shall not apply to any provision of a fire fighter collective
6 bargaining agreement in effect and applicable on the effective
7 date of this Act; provided, however, nothing herein shall
8 preclude arbitration with respect to any such provision.
9     (j) Arbitration procedures shall be deemed to be initiated
10 by the filing of a letter requesting mediation as required
11 under subsection (a) of this Section. The commencement of a new
12 municipal fiscal year after the initiation of arbitration
13 procedures under this Act, but before the arbitration decision,
14 or its enforcement, shall not be deemed to render a dispute
15 moot, or to otherwise impair the jurisdiction or authority of
16 the arbitration panel or its decision. Increases in rates of
17 compensation awarded by the arbitration panel may be effective
18 only at the start of the fiscal year next commencing after the
19 date of the arbitration award. If a new fiscal year has
20 commenced either since the initiation of arbitration
21 procedures under this Act or since any mutually agreed
22 extension of the statutorily required period of mediation under
23 this Act by the parties to the labor dispute causing a delay in
24 the initiation of arbitration, the foregoing limitations shall
25 be inapplicable, and such awarded increases may be retroactive
26 to the commencement of the fiscal year, any other statute or
27 charter provisions to the contrary, notwithstanding. At any
28 time the parties, by stipulation, may amend or modify an award
29 of arbitration.
30     (k) Orders of the arbitration panel shall be reviewable,
31 upon appropriate petition by either the public employer or the
32 exclusive bargaining representative, by the circuit court for
33 the county in which the dispute arose or in which a majority of
34 the affected employees reside, but only for reasons that the
35 arbitration panel was without or exceeded its statutory
36 authority; the order is arbitrary, or capricious; or the order

 

 

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1 was procured by fraud, collusion or other similar and unlawful
2 means. Such petitions for review must be filed with the
3 appropriate circuit court within 90 days following the issuance
4 of the arbitration order. The pendency of such proceeding for
5 review shall not automatically stay the order of the
6 arbitration panel. The party against whom the final decision of
7 any such court shall be adverse, if such court finds such
8 appeal or petition to be frivolous, shall pay reasonable
9 attorneys' fees and costs to the successful party as determined
10 by said court in its discretion. If said court's decision
11 affirms the award of money, such award, if retroactive, shall
12 bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum from the
13 effective retroactive date.
14     (l) During the pendency of proceedings before the
15 arbitration panel, existing wages, hours, and other conditions
16 of employment shall not be changed by action of either party
17 without the consent of the other but a party may so consent
18 without prejudice to his rights or position under this Act. The
19 proceedings are deemed to be pending before the arbitration
20 panel upon the initiation of arbitration procedures under this
21 Act.
22     (m) Security officers of public employers, and Peace
23 Officers, Fire Fighters and fire department and fire protection
24 district paramedics, covered by this Section may not withhold
25 services, nor may public employers lock out or prevent such
26 employees from performing services at any time.
27     (n) All of the terms decided upon by the arbitration panel
28 shall be included in an agreement to be submitted to the public
29 employer's governing body for ratification and adoption by law,
30 ordinance or the equivalent appropriate means.
31     The governing body shall review each term decided by the
32 arbitration panel. If the governing body fails to reject one or
33 more terms of the arbitration panel's decision by a 3/5 vote of
34 those duly elected and qualified members of the governing body,
35 within 20 days of issuance, or in the case of firefighters
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1 meeting of the governing body after issuance, such term or
2 terms shall become a part of the collective bargaining
3 agreement of the parties. If the governing body affirmatively
4 rejects one or more terms of the arbitration panel's decision,
5 it must provide reasons for such rejection with respect to each
6 term so rejected, within 20 days of such rejection and the
7 parties shall return to the arbitration panel for further
8 proceedings and issuance of a supplemental decision with
9 respect to the rejected terms. Any supplemental decision by an
10 arbitration panel or other decision maker agreed to by the
11 parties shall be submitted to the governing body for
12 ratification and adoption in accordance with the procedures and
13 voting requirements set forth in this Section. The voting
14 requirements of this subsection shall apply to all disputes
15 submitted to arbitration pursuant to this Section
16 notwithstanding any contrary voting requirements contained in
17 any existing collective bargaining agreement between the
18 parties.
19     (o) If the governing body of the employer votes to reject
20 the panel's decision, the parties shall return to the panel
21 within 30 days from the issuance of the reasons for rejection
22 for further proceedings and issuance of a supplemental
23 decision. All reasonable costs of such supplemental proceeding
24 including the exclusive representative's reasonable attorney's
25 fees, as established by the Board, shall be paid by the
26 employer.
27     (p) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section the
28 employer and exclusive representative may agree to submit
29 unresolved disputes concerning wages, hours, terms and
30 conditions of employment to an alternative form of impasse
31 resolution.
32 (Source: P.A. 89-195, eff. 7-21-95; 90-202, eff. 7-24-97;
33 90-385, eff. 8-15-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
34     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
35 Section 8.30 as follows:
 

 

 

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1     (30 ILCS 805/8.30 new)
2     Sec. 8.30. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
3 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
4 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
5 the 94th General Assembly.
 
6     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.