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A00738
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
504
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, AUMENT, EICHELBERGER, SCARNATI, SCAVELLO,
HUTCHINSON, WAGNER, FOLMER, STEFANO AND WHITE, MARCH 16, 2017
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 16, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled
"An act providing for access to public information, for a
designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency,
local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for
procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial
review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing
penalties; providing for reporting by State-related
institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract
information on the Internet; and making related repeals," in
procedure, further providing for exceptions for public
records.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 708(b)(8) of the act of February 14, 2008
(P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, is amended to
read:
Section 708. Exceptions for public records.
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(b) Exceptions.--Except as provided in subsections (c) and
(d), the following are exempt from access by a requester under
this act:
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(8) (i) A record pertaining to strategy [or
negotiations] relating to labor relations or collective
bargaining and related arbitration proceedings. This
subparagraph shall not apply to negotiations, including ,
but not limited to, offers of settlement and information
exchanged between the parties in a collective bargaining
procedure, or a final or executed contract or agreement
between the parties in a collective bargaining procedure.
(ii) In the case of the arbitration of a dispute or
grievance under a collective bargaining agreement, an
exhibit entered into evidence at an arbitration
proceeding, a transcript of the arbitration or the
opinion. This subparagraph shall not apply to
negotiations, including , but not limited to, offers of
settlement and information exchanged between the parties
in the arbitration of a dispute or grievance under a
collective bargaining procedure, or the final award or
order of the arbitrator in a dispute or grievance
procedure.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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