(a) Requirement.--A public employer must provide notice to
the public prior to accepting a proposed collective bargaining
agreement as a contract.:
(1) PRIOR TO ACCEPTING A PROPOSED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT AS A CONTRACT; AND
(2) AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF A FINAL ARBITRATION AWARD.
(b) Posting or publishing.--
(1) Except as specified in paragraph (2) (3), the notice
under subsection (a) must be posted on the public employer's
publicly accessible Internet website:
(i) beginning at least 14 days prior to acceptance;
and
(ii) ending 30 days after acceptance.
(I) BEGINNING AT LEAST 14 DAYS PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE
AND ENDING 30 DAYS AFTER ACCEPTANCE, FOR A PROPOSED
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT; OR
(II) BEGINNING WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS OF THE
ISSUANCE OF A FINAL ARBITRATION AWARD AND ENDING 30 DAYS
AFTER THE INITIAL POSTING.
(2) NOTHING IN PARAGRAPH (1) SHALL PROHIBIT A PUBLIC
EMPLOYER FROM POSTING NOTICE OF A PROPOSED COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT OR A FINAL ARBITRATION AWARD FOR A
PERIOD LONGER THAN THAT REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1).
(2) (3) If a public employer does not have a publicly
accessible Internet website, the public employer must publish
the required notice once in a newspaper of general
circulation at least two weeks prior to accepting a proposed
collective bargaining agreement.:
(I) AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO ACCEPTING A PROPOSED
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT; OR
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