Section 3523 Of Chapter 10.3. State Employer-employee Relations From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 10.3.
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. (a) All initial meet and confer proposals of recognized
employee organizations shall be presented to the employer at a public
meeting, and such proposals thereafter shall be a public record.
All initial meet and confer proposals or counterproposals of the
employer shall be presented to the recognized employee organization
at a public meeting, and such proposals or counterproposals
thereafter shall be a public record.
(b) Except in cases of emergency as provided in subdivision (d),
no meeting and conferring shall take place on any proposal subject to
subdivision (a) until not less than seven consecutive days have
elapsed to enable the public to become informed, and to publicly
express itself regarding the proposals, as well as regarding other
possible subjects of meeting and conferring and thereafter, the
employer shall, in open meeting, hear public comment on all matters
related to the meet and confer proposals.
(c) Forty-eight hours after any proposal which includes any
substantive subject which has not first been presented as proposals
for public reaction pursuant to this section is offered during any
meeting and conferring session, such proposals and the position, if
any, taken thereon by the representatives of the employer, shall be a
public record.
(d) Subdivision (b) shall not apply when the employer determines
that, due to an act of God, natural disaster, or other emergency or
calamity affecting the state, and which is beyond the control of the
employer or recognized employee organization, it must meet and confer
and take action upon such a proposal immediately and without
sufficient time for the public to become informed and to publicly
express itself. In such cases the results of such meeting and
conferring shall be made public as soon as reasonably possible.