2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [41] XLI LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 4117: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
4117.104 [Enactment subject to referendum; See note] Modification, termination and negotiation of collective bargaining agreement.

(A) Notwithstanding any provision of section 4117.08 or 4117.10 of the Revised Code to the contrary, no agreement entered into under this chapter on or after the effective date of this section shall prohibit a public employer that the auditor of state has declared to be in a state of fiscal watch from serving a written notice pursuant to section 4117.14 of the Revised Code to modify a collective bargaining agreement so that salary or benefit increases, or both, are suspended.

(B) Notwithstanding any provision of section 4117.08 or 4117.10 of the Revised Code to the contrary, no agreement entered into under this chapter on or after the effective date of this section shall prohibit a public employer that the governor or auditor of state has declared to be in a state of fiscal emergency or in the case of a state university or college, that a conservator has been appointed for, from serving a written notice to terminate, modify, or negotiate a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to section 4117.14 of the Revised Code.

(C) Each agreement entered into under this chapter on or after the effective date of this section shall contain a statement that the agreement may be terminated, modified, or negotiated in accordance with this section.

(D) If the public employer sends a notice as described in this section, the parties may collectively bargain and enter into a new collective bargaining agreement pursuant to section 4117.14 of the Revised Code.

Added by 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, § 1. This enacment is subject to referendum in the Nov. 8, 2011 election.

See 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, §4.

The enactment of this section by 129th General Assembly File No. 10, SB 5, § 1 has been made subject to referendum in the upcoming November, 2011 election.