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require the executive director or a designee to hold a | prehearing conference on any prohibited practice complaint prior | to the hearing before the board and taking whatever action, | including dismissal, attempting to resolve disagreements between | the parties or recommending an order to the board, as the | executive director or a designee may deem consider appropriate, | subject to review by the board. |
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| | Sec. 106. 26 MRSA §1031, as amended by PL 1989, c. 443, §76, is | further amended to read: |
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| §1031. Scope of binding contract arbitration |
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| | A collective bargaining agreement between the university, | the academy or the technical community colleges and a | bargaining agent may provide for binding arbitration as the | final step of a grievance procedure but the only grievances | which that may be taken to such binding arbitration shall be | are disputes between the parties as to the meaning or | application of the specific terms of collective bargaining | agreement. An arbitrator with the power to make binding | decisions pursuant to any such provisions shall have has no | authority to add to, subtract from or modify the collective | bargaining agreement. |
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| | Sec. 107. 26 MRSA §1034, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1989, c. 443, §77, | is further amended to read: |
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| | 2. No restriction on eligibility for federal grant-in-aid | or assistance program. Nothing in this chapter or any | contract negotiated pursuant to this chapter may in any way be | interpreted or allowed to restrict or impair the eligibility | of the university, any of its campuses or units, academy or | technical community colleges in obtaining the benefits under | any federal grant-in-aid or assistance programs program. |
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| | Sec. 108. 26 MRSA §1418-L, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. F, | §13, is amended to read: |
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| §1418-L. Correctional, mental and certain educational |
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| | This article does not apply to or authorize the installation | of vending facilities in a building wholly used by a | correctional or mental institution or by an educational | institution of any type supported in whole or in part from | public funds, unless that educational institution is a | university, college, junior | college or a technical community college. |
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| | Sec. 109. 26 MRSA §2006, sub-§5-A, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 683, | Pt. D, §9, is amended to read: |
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