TITLE 44

LABOR

CHAPTER 18

EMPLOYMENT OF FIREFIGHTERS

44-1804.  Obligation of corporate authorities to bargain in good faith — Entering into written contract. It shall be the obligation of the city, county, fire district or other political subdivision through its proper corporate authorities or their designees, to meet and confer in good faith with the representative or representatives of the bargaining agent within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice from said bargaining agent of the request by the firefighters for a meeting for collective bargaining purposes. This obligation shall include the duty to cause any agreement resulting from negotiations between the bargaining agent and the proper corporate authorities to be reduced to a written contract.

History:

[44-1804, added 1970, ch. 138, sec. 4, p. 333; am. 1977, ch. 95, sec. 1, p. 200; am. 1996, ch. 206, sec. 1, p. 631.]