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Gov. Code, § 66540.68 · Article 5. Employee Benefits and Retirement System

Gov. Code, § 66540.68

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(a) This article does not apply to any employees of the authority in a bargaining unit that is represented by a labor organization, except as to the protection of the rights of those employees that were employees of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority as specifically provided in Section 66540.56.

(b) The adoption, terms, and conditions of the retirement systems covering employees of the authority in a bargaining unit represented by a labor organization shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between that labor organization and the authority. Any such retirement system adopted pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement shall be on a sound actuarial basis. The authority and the labor organization representing the authority’s employees in a bargaining unit shall be equally represented in the administration of that retirement system.

(c) (1) The authority shall assume and be bound by the terms and conditions of employment set forth in any collective bargaining agreement or employment contract between the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority and any labor organization or employee affected by the creation of the authority, as well as the duties, obligations, and liabilities arising from, or relating to, labor obligations imposed by state or federal law upon the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority.

(2) The authority shall assume and be bound by the terms and conditions of employment set forth in any collective bargaining agreement or employment contract between any entity, whether public or private, whose services the authority directly assumes, and any labor organization or employee included within the assumption of those services.

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History

Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 387, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2009.

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