SB233, s. 112 16Section 112. 111.06 (2) (i) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
1710
, is amended to read:
SB233,55,1918 111.06 (2) (i) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a strike provided
19in s. 111.115 (2) or (3).
SB233, s. 113 20Section 113. 111.075 of the statutes is created to read:
SB233,56,3 21111.075 Fair-share and maintenance of membership agreements. (1)
22(a) No fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is effective unless
23authorized by a referendum. The commission shall order a referendum whenever it
24receives a petition supported by proof that at least 30 percent of the employees in a
25collective bargaining unit desire that a fair-share or maintenance of membership

1agreement be entered into between the employer and a labor organization. A petition
2may specify that a referendum is requested on a maintenance of membership
3agreement only, in which case the ballot shall be limited to that question.
SB233,56,104 (b) For a fair-share agreement to be authorized, at least two-thirds of the
5eligible employees voting in a referendum must vote in favor of the agreement. For
6a maintenance of membership agreement to be authorized, at least a majority of the
7eligible employees voting in a referendum must vote in favor of the agreement. In
8a referendum on a fair-share agreement, if less than two-thirds but more than
9one-half of the eligible employees vote in favor of the agreement, a maintenance of
10membership agreement is authorized.
SB233,56,2411 (c) If a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is authorized in
12a referendum, the employer shall enter into a fair-share or maintenance of
13membership agreement with the labor organization named on the ballot in the
14referendum. Each fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement must
15contain a provision requiring the employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified
16by the labor organization from the earnings of the employees affected by the
17agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization. Unless the
18parties agree to an earlier date, the agreement takes effect 60 days after certification
19by the commission that the referendum vote authorized the agreement. The
20employer shall be held harmless against any claims, demands, suits, and other forms
21of liability made by employees or local labor organizations which may arise for
22actions taken by the employer in compliance with this section. All lawful claims,
23demands, suits, and other forms of liability are the responsibility of the labor
24organization entering into the agreement.
SB233,57,7
1(d) Under each fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement, an
2employee who has religious convictions against dues payments to a labor
3organization based on teachings or tenets of a church or religious body of which he
4or she is a member shall, on request to the labor organization, have his or her dues
5paid to a charity mutually agreed upon by the employee and the labor organization.
6Any dispute concerning this paragraph may be submitted to the commission for
7adjudication.
SB233,57,21 8(2) (a) Once authorized, a fair-share or maintenance of membership
9agreement continues, subject to the right of the employer or labor organization
10concerned to petition the commission to conduct a new referendum. The petition
11must be supported by proof that at least 30 percent of the employees in the collective
12bargaining unit desire that the fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement
13be discontinued. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct a new referendum.
14If the continuance of the fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is
15approved in the referendum by at least the percentage of eligible voting employees
16required for its initial authorization, it shall continue, subject to the right of the
17employer or labor organization to later initiate a further vote following the procedure
18prescribed in this subsection. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported
19in any referendum, it terminates at the expiration of the collective bargaining
20agreement, or one year from the date of the certification of the result of the
21referendum, whichever is earlier.
SB233,58,422 (b) The commission shall declare any fair-share or maintenance of
23membership agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the
24commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has
25refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, or creed to receive as a member

1any employee in the collective bargaining unit involved, and the agreement shall be
2subject to the findings and orders of the commission. Any of the parties to the
3agreement, or any employee covered thereby, may come before the commission, as
4provided in s. 111.07, and petition the commission to make such a finding.
SB233,58,7 5(3) A stipulation for a referendum executed by an employer and a labor
6organization may not be filed until after the representation election has been held
7and the results certified.
SB233,58,10 8(4) The commission may, under rules adopted for that purpose, appoint as its
9agent an official of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority to
10conduct the referenda provided for in this section.
SB233,58,17 11(5) Notwithstanding sub. (1), if on July 1, 1997, there is a fair-share or
12maintenance of membership agreement in effect in any of the collective bargaining
13units specified in s. 111.825 (1) (f) 1., 5. or 9., that fair-share or maintenance of
14membership agreement shall apply to the corresponding collective bargaining unit
15under s. 111.05 (5) (a) 1. to 3. without the necessity of filing a petition or conducting
16a referendum, subject to the right of the employees in each collective bargaining unit
17to file a petition requesting a referendum under sub. (2) (a).
SB233,58,19 18(6) This section applies only in collective bargaining units comprised of
19employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
SB233, s. 114 20Section 114. 111.115 (title) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
2110
, is amended to read:
SB233,58,22 22111.115 (title) Notice of certain proposed lockouts or strikes.
SB233, s. 115 23Section 115. 111.115 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 10,
24is renumbered 111.115 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:
SB233,58,2525 111.115 (1) (intro.) In this section, "strike" subsection:
SB233,59,4
1(b) "Strike" includes any concerted stoppage of work by employees, and any
2concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations or services by
3employees, or any concerted refusal of employees to work or perform their usual
4duties as employees, for the purpose of enforcing demands upon an employer.
SB233, s. 116 5Section 116. 111.115 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
SB233,59,116 111.115 (1) (a) "Lockout" means the barring of one or more employees from their
7employment in an establishment by an employer as a part of a labor dispute, which
8is not directly subsequent to a strike or other job action of a labor organization or
9group of employees of the employer, or which continues or occurs after the
10termination of a strike or other job action of a labor organization or group of
11employees of the employer.
SB233, s. 117 12Section 117. 111.115 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB233,59,2013 111.115 (2) If no collective bargaining agreement is in effect between the
14University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and the recognized or
15certified representative of employees of that authority in a collective bargaining unit,
16the employer may not engage in a lockout affecting employees in that collective
17bargaining unit without first giving 10 days' written notice to the representative of
18its intention to engage in a lockout, and the representative may not engage in a strike
19without first giving 10 days' written notice to the employer of its intention to engage
20in a strike.
SB233, s. 118 21Section 118. 111.17 of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, is
22renumbered 111.17 (intro.) and amended to read:
SB233,59,25 23111.17 Conflict of provisions; effect. (intro.) Wherever the application of
24the provisions of other statutes or laws conflict with the application of the provisions
25of this subchapter, this subchapter shall prevail, except that in for the following:
SB233,60,2
1(1) In any situation where the provisions of this subchapter cannot be validly
2enforced the provisions of such other statutes or laws shall apply.
SB233, s. 119 3Section 119. 111.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB233,60,154 111.17 (2) All fringe benefits authorized or required to be provided by the
5University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority to its employees under ch.
640 shall be governed exclusively by ch. 40, except that if any provision of ch. 40
7specifically permits a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter to
8govern the eligibility for or the application, cost, or terms of a fringe benefit under
9ch. 40, or provides that the eligibility for or the application, cost, or terms of a fringe
10benefit under ch. 40 shall be governed by a collective bargaining agreement under
11this subchapter, a collective bargaining agreement may contain a provision so
12governing and such a provision supersedes any provision of ch. 40 with respect to the
13employees to whom the agreement applies. The employer is prohibited from
14engaging in collective bargaining concerning any matter governed exclusively by ch.
1540 under this subsection.
SB233, s. 120 16Section 120. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
1732
, is amended to read:
SB233,61,718 111.70 (1) (a) "Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
19obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the
20representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
21confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
22agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
23wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees or transit
24employees and with respect to wages for general municipal employees
, and with
25respect to a requirement of the municipal employer for a municipal employee to

1perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under s. 60.553, 61.66, or 62.13
2(2e) and for a school district with respect to any matter under sub. (4) (n) or (o), except
3as provided in sub. subs. (3m), (3p), and (4) (mb) (m) and (mc) and s. 40.81 (3) and
4except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to any
5proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to any public safety municipal
6employees under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any
7agreement reached to a written and signed document.
SB233, s. 121 8Section 121. 111.70 (1) (cm) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act
910
, is repealed.
SB233, s. 122 10Section 122. 111.70 (1) (f) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
1132
, is amended to read:
SB233,61,1712 111.70 (1) (f) "Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a
13municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety
14employees or transit employees
under which all or any of the public safety employees
15or transit employees in the collective bargaining unit are required to pay their
16proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining process and contract
17administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly required of all members.
SB233, s. 123 18Section 123. 111.70 (1) (fm) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
1932
, is repealed.
SB233, s. 124 20Section 124. 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
2110
, is amended to read:
SB233,62,422 111.70 (1) (j) "Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town,
23metropolitan sewerage district, school district, long-term care district, transit
24authority under s. 59.58 (7) or 66.1039, local cultural arts district created under
25subch. V of ch. 229,
or any other political subdivision of the state, or instrumentality

1of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that engages the services of an
2employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a municipal employer within
3the scope of the person's authority, express or implied, but specifically does not
4include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229
.
SB233, s. 125 5Section 125. 111.70 (1) (mm) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
632
, is repealed.
SB233, s. 126 7Section 126. 111.70 (1) (n) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
832
, is amended to read:
SB233,62,129 111.70 (1) (n) "Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission
10in which public safety employees or transit employees in a collective bargaining unit
11may cast a secret ballot on the question of authorizing a labor organization and the
12employer to continue a fair-share agreement.
SB233, s. 127 13Section 127. 111.70 (1) (p) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act
1432
, is repealed.
SB233, s. 128 15Section 128. 111.70 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB233,62,2316 111.70 (1g) Declaration of policy. (a) The public policy of the state as to labor
17disputes arising in municipal employment is to encourage voluntary settlement
18through the procedures of collective bargaining. Accordingly, it is in the public
19interest that municipal employees so desiring be given an opportunity to bargain
20collectively with the municipal employer through a labor organization or other
21representative of the employees' own choice. If such procedures fail, the parties
22should have available to them a fair, speedy, effective and, above all, peaceful
23procedure for settlement as provided in this subchapter.
SB233,63,424 (b) In creating this subchapter the legislature recognizes that the municipal
25employer must exercise its powers and responsibilities to act for the government and

1good order of the jurisdiction which it serves, its commercial benefit and the health,
2safety, and welfare of the public to assure orderly operations and functions within its
3jurisdiction, subject to those rights secured to municipal employees by the
4constitutions of this state and of the United States and by this subchapter.
SB233, s. 129 5Section 129. 111.70 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32,
6is amended to read:
SB233,64,97 111.70 (2) Rights of municipal employees. Municipal employees have the right
8of self-organization, and the right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to
9bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in
10lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual
11aid or protection. Municipal employees have the right to refrain from any and all
12such activities. A general municipal employee has the right to refrain from paying
13dues while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit. A public safety
14employee or a transit employee, however
, except that an employee may be required
15to pay dues in the manner provided in a fair-share agreement; a fair-share
16agreement covering a public safety employee or a transit employee must contain a
17provision requiring the municipal employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified
18by the labor organization from the earnings of the employee affected by the
19fair-share agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization. A
20fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or transit employee is
21subject to the right of the municipal employer or a labor organization to petition the
22commission to conduct a referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that
23at least 30% of the employees in the collective bargaining unit desire that the
24fair-share agreement be terminated. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct
25a referendum. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported by at least the

1majority of the eligible employees, it shall terminate. The commission shall declare
2any fair-share agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the
3commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has
4refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, creed, or sex to receive as a
5member any public safety employee or transit employee of the municipal employer
6in the bargaining unit involved, and such agreement is subject to this duty of the
7commission. Any of the parties to such agreement or any public safety employee or
8transit
municipal employee covered by the agreement may come before the
9commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and ask the performance of this duty.
SB233, s. 130 10Section 130. 111.70 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
1132
, is amended to read:
SB233,64,1512 111.70 (3) (a) 3. To encourage or discourage a membership in any labor
13organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or
14conditions of employment; but the prohibition shall not apply to a fair-share
15agreement that covers public safety employees or transit employees.
SB233, s. 131 16Section 131. 111.70 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
1732
, is amended to read:
SB233,65,218 111.70 (3) (a) 5. To violate any collective bargaining agreement previously
19agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages, hours and conditions of
20employment affecting public safety employees or transit municipal employees,
21including an agreement to arbitrate questions arising as to the meaning or
22application of the terms of a collective bargaining agreement or to accept the terms
23of such arbitration award, where previously the parties have agreed to accept such
24award as final and binding upon them or to violate any collective bargaining

1agreement affecting general municipal employees, that was previously agreed upon
2by the parties with respect to wages
.
SB233, s. 132 3Section 132. 111.70 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
432
, is amended to read:
SB233,65,115 111.70 (3) (a) 6. To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
6safety employee or a transit
municipal employee, unless the municipal employer has
7been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employee personally,
8and terminable by at least the end of any year of its life or earlier by the public safety
9employee or transit
municipal employee giving at least 30 days' written notice of such
10termination to the municipal employer and to the representative organization,
11except when a fair-share agreement is in effect.
SB233, s. 133 12Section 133. 111.70 (3) (a) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
SB233,65,1413 111.70 (3) (a) 7. To refuse or otherwise fail to implement an arbitration decision
14lawfully made under sub. (4) (cm).
SB233, s. 134 15Section 134. 111.70 (3) (a) 7m. of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin
16Act 32
, is repealed.
SB233, s. 135 17Section 135. 111.70 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
1832
, is amended to read:
SB233,65,2219 111.70 (3) (a) 9. If the collective bargaining unit contains a public safety
20employee or transit employee, after
After a collective bargaining agreement expires
21and before another collective bargaining agreement takes effect, to fail to follow any
22fair-share agreement in the expired collective bargaining agreement.
SB233, s. 136 23Section 136. 111.70 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB233,65,2524 111.70 (3) (b) 6. To refuse or otherwise fail to implement an arbitration decision
25lawfully made under sub. (4) (cm).
SB233, s. 137
1Section 137. 111.70 (3) (b) 6m. of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin
2Act 32
, is repealed.
SB233, s. 138 3Section 138. 111.70 (3g) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 10,
4is repealed.
SB233, s. 139 5Section 139. 111.70 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB233,66,116 111.70 (3m) Milwaukee county enrollment services unit. A collective
7bargaining agreement that covers municipal employees performing services for the
8Milwaukee County enrollment services unit under s. 49.825 shall contain a provision
9that permits the terms of the agreement to be modified with respect to hours and
10conditions of employment by a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.825 (3)
11(b) 4.
SB233, s. 140 12Section 140. 111.70 (3p) of the statutes is created to read:
SB233,66,1713 111.70 (3p) Child care provider services unit. A collective bargaining
14agreement that covers municipal employees performing services for the child care
15provider services unit under s. 49.826 shall contain a provision that permits the
16terms of the agreement to be modified with respect to hours and conditions of
17employment by a memorandum of understanding under s. 49.826 (3) (b) 4.
SB233, s. 141 18Section 141. 111.70 (4) (bm) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act
1932
, is repealed.
SB233, s. 142 20Section 142. 111.70 (4) (c) (title) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin
21Act 10
, is amended to read:
SB233,66,2322 111.70 (4) (c) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; public safety
23employees
law enforcement and fire fighting personnel.
SB233, s. 143 24Section 143. 111.70 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
2510
, is renumbered 111.70 (4) (c) 1m. and amended to read:
SB233,67,6
1111.70 (4) (c) 1m. `Mediation.' The commission may function as a mediator in
2labor disputes involving a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety
3employee
. Such mediation may be carried on by a person designated to act by the
4commission upon request of one or both of the parties or upon initiation of the
5commission. The function of the mediator is to encourage voluntary settlement by
6the parties but no mediator has the power of compulsion.
SB233, s. 144 7Section 144. 111.70 (4) (c) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:
SB233,67,98 111.70 (4) (c) 1g. `Applicability.' This paragraph applies only to municipal
9employees who are engaged in law enforcement or fire fighting functions.
SB233, s. 145 10Section 145. 111.70 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act
1132
, is amended to read:
SB233,67,1612 111.70 (4) (c) 2. `Arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning
13or application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
14collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee
may agree in writing
15to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as arbitrator or may
16designate any other competent, impartial and disinterested person to so serve.
SB233, s. 146 17Section 146. 111.70 (4) (c) 3. (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011
18Wisconsin Act 10
, is amended to read:
SB233,68,219 111.70 (4) (c) 3. `Fact-finding.' (intro.) Unless s. 111.77 applies, if a dispute
20involving a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee has not
21been settled after a reasonable period of negotiation and after the settlement
22procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, and the parties
23are deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them arising in the collective
24bargaining process, either party, or the parties jointly, may petition the commission,

1in writing, to initiate fact-finding, and to make recommendations to resolve the
2deadlock, as follows:
SB233, s. 147 3Section 147. 111.70 (4) (cg) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act
432
, is repealed.
SB233, s. 148 5Section 148. 111.70 (4) (cm) (title), 1., 2., 3. and 4. of the statutes, as affected
6by 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, are amended to read:
SB233,68,87 111.70 (4) (cm) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; general
8municipal employees
other personnel.
SB233,68,189 1. `Notice of commencement of contract negotiations.' For the purpose of
10advising the commission of the commencement of contract negotiations involving a
11collective bargaining unit containing general municipal employees
, whenever either
12party requests the other to reopen negotiations under a binding collective bargaining
13agreement, or the parties otherwise commence negotiations if no such agreement
14exists, the party requesting negotiations shall immediately notify the commission in
15writing. Upon failure of the requesting party to provide such notice, the other party
16may so notify the commission. The notice shall specify the expiration date of the
17existing collective bargaining agreement, if any, and shall set forth any additional
18information the commission may require on a form provided by the commission.
SB233,69,219 2. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The meetings between
20parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective bargaining
21agreement under this subchapter that involve a collective bargaining unit
22containing a general municipal employee and that
are held for the purpose of
23presenting initial bargaining proposals, along with supporting rationale, shall be
24open to the public. Each party shall submit its initial bargaining proposals to the

1other party in writing. Failure to comply with this subdivision is not cause to
2invalidate a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter.
SB233,69,73 3. `Mediation.' The commission or its designee shall function as mediator in
4labor disputes involving general municipal employees upon request of one or both of
5the parties, or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the mediator shall
6be to encourage voluntary settlement by the parties. No mediator has the power of
7compulsion.
SB233,69,138 4. `Grievance arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or
9application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
10collective bargaining unit containing a general municipal employee
may agree in
11writing to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as arbitrator
12or may designate any other competent, impartial and disinterested person to so
13serve.
SB233, s. 149 14Section 149. 111.70 (4) (cm) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
SB233,70,215 111.70 (4) (cm) 5. `Voluntary impasse resolution procedures.' In addition to the
16other impasse resolution procedures provided in this paragraph, a municipal
17employer and labor organization may, as a permissive subject of bargaining, agree
18in writing to a dispute settlement procedure, including authorization for a strike by
19municipal employees or binding interest arbitration, that is acceptable to the parties
20for resolving an impasse over terms of any collective bargaining agreement under
21this subchapter. The parties shall file a copy of the agreement with the commission.
22If the parties agree to any form of binding interest arbitration, the arbitrator shall
23give weight to the factors enumerated under subds. 7. and 7g. for a collective
24bargaining unit consisting of municipal employees who are not school district

1employees and under subd. 7r. for a collective bargaining unit consisting of municipal
2employees.
SB233, s. 150 3Section 150. 111.70 (4) (cm) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB233,70,184 111.70 (4) (cm) 6. `Interest arbitration.' a. If in any collective bargaining unit
5a dispute relating to any issue has not been settled after a reasonable period of
6negotiation and after mediation by the commission under subd. 3. and other
7settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, and
8the parties are deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them over wages,
9hours, or conditions of employment to be included in a new collective bargaining
10agreement, either party, or the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in
11writing, to initiate compulsory, final, and binding arbitration, as provided in this
12paragraph. At the time the petition is filed, the petitioning party shall submit in
13writing to the other party and the commission its preliminary final offer containing
14its latest proposals on all issues in dispute. Within 14 calendar days after the date
15of that submission, the other party shall submit in writing its preliminary final offer
16on all disputed issues to the petitioning party and the commission. If a petition is
17filed jointly, both parties shall exchange their preliminary final offers in writing and
18submit copies to the commission at the time the petition is filed.
SB233,72,819 am. Upon receipt of a petition to initiate arbitration, the commission shall
20investigate, with or without a formal hearing, whether arbitration should be
21commenced. If in determining whether an impasse exists the commission finds that
22the procedures under this paragraph have not been complied with and that the
23compliance would tend to result in a settlement, it may order compliance before
24ordering arbitration. The validity of any arbitration award or collective bargaining
25agreement is not affected by failure to comply with the procedures. Prior to the close

1of the investigation each party shall submit in writing to the commission its single
2final offer containing its final proposals on all issues in dispute that are subject to
3interest arbitration under this subdivision. If a party fails to submit a single,
4ultimate final offer, the commission shall close the investigation based on the last
5written position of the party. Such final offers may include only mandatory subjects
6of bargaining, except that a permissive subject of bargaining may be included by a
7party if the other party does not object and shall then be treated as a mandatory
8subject. No later than such time, the parties shall also submit to the commission a
9stipulation, in writing, with respect to all matters that are agreed upon for inclusion
10in the new or amended collective bargaining agreement. The commission, after
11receiving a report from its investigator and determining that arbitration should be
12commenced, shall issue an order requiring arbitration and immediately submit to
13the parties a list of 7 arbitrators. The parties shall alternately strike names from the
14list until a single name is left, who shall be appointed as arbitrator. The petitioning
15party shall notify the commission in writing of the identity of the arbitrator selected.
16Upon receipt of the notice, the commission shall formally appoint the arbitrator and
17submit to him or her the final offers of the parties. The final offers are public
18documents and shall be available from the commission. In lieu of a single arbitrator
19and upon request of both parties, the commission shall appoint a tripartite
20arbitration panel consisting of one member selected by each of the parties and a
21neutral person designated by the commission who shall serve as a chairperson. An
22arbitration panel has the same powers and duties as provided in this section for any
23other appointed arbitrator, and all arbitration decisions by a panel shall be
24determined by majority vote. In place of selection of the arbitrator by the parties and
25upon request of both parties, the commission shall establish a procedure for

1randomly selecting names of arbitrators. Under the procedure, the commission shall
2submit a list of 7 arbitrators to the parties. Each party shall strike one name from
3the list. From the remaining 5 names, the commission shall randomly appoint an
4arbitrator. Unless both parties to an arbitration proceeding otherwise agree in
5writing, every individual whose name is submitted by the commission for
6appointment as an arbitrator must be a resident of this state at the time of
7submission and every individual who is designated as an arbitration panel
8chairperson must be a resident of this state at the time of designation.
SB233,72,199 b. The arbitrator shall, within 10 days of his or her appointment, establish a
10date and place for the conduct of the arbitration hearing. Upon petition of at least
115 citizens of the jurisdiction served by the municipal employer, filed within 10 days
12after the date on which the arbitrator is appointed, the arbitrator shall hold a public
13hearing in the jurisdiction to provide the opportunity to both parties to explain or
14present supporting arguments for their positions and to members of the public to
15offer their comments and suggestions. The final offers of the parties, as transmitted
16by the commission to the arbitrator, are the basis for continued negotiations, if any,
17between the parties with respect to the issues in dispute. At any time prior to the
18arbitration hearing, either party, with the consent of the other party, may modify its
19final offer in writing.
SB233,73,420 c. Prior to the arbitration hearing, either party may, within a time limit
21established by the arbitrator, withdraw its final offer and mutually agreed upon
22modifications, if any, and shall immediately provide written notice of any withdrawal
23to the other party, the arbitrator, and the commission. If both parties withdraw their
24final offers and mutually agreed upon modifications, the labor organization, after
25giving 10 days' written advance notice to the municipal employer and the

1commission, may strike. Unless both parties withdraw their final offers and
2mutually agreed upon modifications, the final offer of neither party is considered
3withdrawn and the arbitrator shall proceed to resolve the dispute by final and
4binding arbitration as provided in this paragraph.
SB233,73,165 d. Before issuing his or her arbitration decision, the arbitrator shall, on his or
6her own motion or at the request of either party, conduct a meeting open to the public
7to provide the opportunity to both parties to explain or present supporting
8arguments for their complete offer on all matters to be covered by the proposed
9agreement. The arbitrator shall adopt without further modification the final offer
10of one of the parties on all disputed issues submitted under subd. 6. am., except those
11items that the commission determines not to be mandatory subjects of bargaining
12and those items that have not been treated as mandatory subjects by the parties, and
13including any prior modifications of the offer mutually agreed upon by the parties
14under subd. 6. b., which decision is final and binding on both parties and shall be
15incorporated into a written collective bargaining agreement. The arbitrator shall
16serve a copy of his or her decision on both parties and the commission.
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