Sec. JJ-1. 26 MRSA §1026, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 16, Pt. F, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
1-A. Additional bargaining; technical college employees. Cost items in any collective bargaining agreement of technical college employees must be submitted for inclusion in the Governor's next operating budget within 10 days after the date on which the agreement is ratified by the parties. If the Legislature rejects any of the cost items submitted to it, all cost items submitted must be returned to the parties for further bargaining. "Cost items" includes salaries, pensions and insurance.
Cost items related to a collective bargaining agreement reached under this chapter and submitted to the Legislature for its approval under this subsection may not be submitted in the same legislation that contains cost items for employees exempted from the definition of "technical college employee" under section 1022, subsection 11, except that cost items for those employees exempted under section 1022, subsection 11, paragraph D need not be excluded.
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