AB11-CSA1, s. 192 22Section 192. 111.02 (10m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 193 23Section 193. 111.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,64,424 111.05 (2) Except as provided in subs. (5) and (7), whenever Whenever a
25question arises concerning the determination of a collective bargaining unit as

1defined in s. 111.02 (3)
, it shall be determined by secret ballot, and the commission,
2upon request, shall cause the ballot to be taken in such manner as to show separately
3the wishes of the employees in any craft, division, department or plant as to the
4determination of the collective bargaining unit.
AB11-CSA1, s. 194 5Section 194. 111.05 (3g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 195 6Section 195. 111.05 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 196 7Section 196. 111.05 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 197 8Section 197. 111.05 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 198 9Section 198. 111.06 (1) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,65,1610 111.06 (1) (c) 1. To encourage or discourage membership in any labor
11organization, employee agency, committee, association or representation plan by
12discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure or other terms or conditions of employment
13except in a collective bargaining unit where an all-union, fair-share or maintenance
14of membership
agreement is in effect. An employer is not prohibited from entering
15into an all-union agreement with the voluntarily recognized representative of the
16employees in a collective bargaining unit, where at least a majority of such employees
17voting have voted affirmatively, by secret ballot, in favor of such all-union agreement
18in a referendum conducted by the commission, except that where the bargaining
19representative has been certified by either the commission or the national labor
20relations board as the result of a representation election, no referendum is required
21to authorize the entry into such an all-union agreement. Such authorization of an
22all-union agreement shall be deemed to continue thereafter, subject to the right of
23either party to the all-union agreement to petition the commission to conduct a new
24referendum on the subject. Upon receipt of such petition, the commission shall
25determine whether there is reasonable ground to believe that the employees

1concerned have changed their attitude toward the all-union agreement and upon so
2finding the commission shall conduct a referendum. If the continuance of the
3all-union agreement is supported on any such referendum by a vote at least equal
4to that provided in this subdivision for its initial authorization, it may be continued
5in force thereafter, subject to the right to petition for a further vote by the procedure
6set forth in this subdivision. If the continuance of the all-union agreement is not
7thus supported on any such referendum, it is deemed terminated at the termination
8of the contract of which it is then a part or at the end of one year from the date of the
9announcement by the commission of the result of the referendum, whichever is
10earlier. The commission shall declare any all-union agreement terminated
11whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has unreasonably refused to
12receive as a member any employee of such employer, and each such all-union
13agreement shall be made subject to this duty of the commission. Any person
14interested may come before the commission as provided in s. 111.07 and ask the
15performance of this duty.
Any all-union agreement in effect on October 4, 1975,
16made in accordance with the law in effect at the time it is made is valid.
AB11-CSA1, s. 199 17Section 199. 111.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,65,2518 111.06 (1) (d) To refuse to bargain collectively with the representative of a
19majority of the employer's employees in any collective bargaining unit with respect
20to representation or terms and conditions of employment, except as provided under
21ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2);
provided, however, that where an employer files with
22the commission a petition requesting a determination as to majority representation,
23the employer shall not be deemed to have refused to bargain until an election has
24been held and the result thereof has been certified to the employer by the
25commission.
AB11-CSA1, s. 200
1Section 200. 111.06 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,66,82 111.06 (1) (i) To deduct labor organization dues or assessments from an
3employee's earnings, unless the employer has been presented with an individual
4order therefor, signed by the employee personally, and terminable at the end of any
5year of its life by the employee giving at least thirty days' written notice of such
6termination unless there is an all-union, fair-share or maintenance of membership
7agreement in effect. The employer shall give notice to the labor organization of
8receipt of such notice of termination.
AB11-CSA1, s. 201 9Section 201. 111.06 (1) (m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 202 10Section 202. 111.06 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,66,1211 111.06 (2) (i) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a strike provided
12in s. 111.115 (2) or (3).
AB11-CSA1, s. 203 13Section 203. 111.075 of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 204 14Section 204. 111.115 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,66,15 15111.115 (title) Notice of certain proposed lockouts or strikes.
AB11-CSA1, s. 205 16Section 205. 111.115 (1) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated,
17renumbered 111.115 (1) and amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,66,2218 111.115 (1) In this subsection: (b) "Strike" section, "strike" includes any
19concerted stoppage of work by employees, and any concerted slowdown or other
20concerted interruption of operations or services by employees, or any concerted
21refusal of employees to work or perform their usual duties as employees, for the
22purpose of enforcing demands upon an employer.
AB11-CSA1, s. 206 23Section 206. 111.115 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 207 24Section 207. 111.115 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 208
1Section 208. 111.17 (intro.) and (1) of the statutes are consolidated,
2renumbered 111.17 and amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,67,7 3111.17 Conflict of provisions; effect. Wherever the application of the
4provisions of other statutes or laws conflict with the application of the provisions of
5this subchapter, this subchapter shall prevail, except that: (1) In in any situation
6where the provisions of this subchapter cannot be validly enforced the provisions of
7such other statutes or laws shall apply.
AB11-CSA1, s. 209 8Section 209. 111.17 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 210 9Section 210. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,67,2410 111.70 (1) (a) "Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
11obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the
12representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
13confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
14agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
15wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees and with
16respect to wages for general municipal employees
, and with respect to a requirement
17of the municipal employer for a municipal employee to perform law enforcement and
18fire fighting services under s. 61.66 and for a school district with respect to any
19matter under sub. (4) (o), and for a school district with respect to any matter under
20sub. (4) (n)
, except as provided in subs. (3m), (3p), and sub. (4) (m) (mb) and (mc) and
21s. 40.81 (3) and except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with
22respect to any proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to municipal
23any public safety employees under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the
24reduction of any agreement reached to a written and signed document.
AB11-CSA1,68,3
1(3) (d) The duty to bargain, however, does not compel either party to agree to
2a proposal or require the making of a concession. Collective bargaining includes the
3reduction of any agreement reached to a written and signed document. The
AB11-CSA1,68,15 4(4) (p) Permissive subjects of collective bargaining; public safety employees. A
5municipal employer shall is not be required to bargain with public safety employees
6on subjects reserved to management and direction of the governmental unit except
7insofar as the manner of exercise of such functions affects the wages, hours, and
8conditions of employment of the municipal public safety employees in a collective
9bargaining unit. In creating this subchapter the legislature recognizes that the
10municipal employer must exercise its powers and responsibilities to act for the
11government and good order of the jurisdiction which it serves, its commercial benefit
12and the health, safety, and welfare of the public to assure orderly operations and
13functions within its jurisdiction, subject to those rights secured to municipal
14employees by the constitutions of this state and of the United States and by this
15subchapter.
AB11-CSA1, s. 211 16Section 211. 111.70 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,68,2017 111.70 (1) (b) "Collective bargaining unit" means a unit consisting of municipal
18employees who are school district employees or of municipal employees who are not
19school district employees
that is determined by the commission under sub. (4) (d) 2.
20a.
to be appropriate for the purpose of collective bargaining.
AB11-CSA1, s. 212 21Section 212. 111.70 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB11-CSA1,68,2522 111.70 (1) (cm) "Consumer price index change" means the average annual
23percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city
24average, as determined by the federal department of labor, for the 12 months
25immediately preceding the current date.
AB11-CSA1, s. 213
1Section 213. 111.70 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,69,102 111.70 (1) (f) "Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a
3municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety
4employees
under which all or any of the public safety employees in the collective
5bargaining unit are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the
6collective bargaining process and contract administration measured by the amount
7of dues uniformly required of all members. Such an agreement shall contain a
8provision requiring the employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified by the
9labor organization from the earnings of the employees affected by said agreement
10and to pay the amount so deducted to the labor organization.
AB11-CSA1, s. 214 11Section 214. 111.70 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB11-CSA1,69,1312 111.70 (1) (fm) "General municipal employee" means a municipal employee
13who is not a public safety employee.
AB11-CSA1, s. 215 14Section 215. 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,69,2215 111.70 (1) (j) "Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town,
16metropolitan sewerage district, school district, long-term care district, transit
17authority under s. 59.58 (7) or 66.1039, local cultural arts district created under
18subch. V of ch. 229,
or any other political subdivision of the state, or instrumentality
19of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that engages the services of an
20employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a municipal employer within
21the scope of the person's authority, express or implied, but specifically does not
22include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229
.
AB11-CSA1, s. 216 23Section 216. 111.70 (1) (mm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB11-CSA1,70,3
1111.70 (1) (mm) "Public safety employee" means any municipal employee who
2is employed in a position that, on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts
3date], is classified as a protective occupation participant under any of the following:
AB11-CSA1,70,44 1. Section 40.02 (48) (am) 9., 10., 13., 15., or 22.
AB11-CSA1,70,65 2. A provision that is comparable to a provision under subd. 1. that is in a county
6or city retirement system.
AB11-CSA1, s. 217 7Section 217. 111.70 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,70,148 111.70 (1) (n) "Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission
9in which public safety employees in a collective bargaining unit may cast a secret
10ballot on the question of authorizing a labor organization and the employer to
11continue a fair-share agreement. Unless a majority of the eligible employees vote
12in favor of the fair-share agreement, it shall be deemed terminated and that portion
13of the collective bargaining agreement deemed null and void
that covers public safety
14employees
.
AB11-CSA1, s. 218 15Section 218. 111.70 (1) (nm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,70,2516 111.70 (1) (nm) "Strike" includes any strike or other concerted stoppage of work
17by municipal employees, and any concerted slowdown or other concerted
18interruption of operations or services by municipal employees, or any concerted
19refusal to work or perform their usual duties as municipal employees, for the purpose
20of enforcing demands upon a municipal employer. Such conduct by municipal
21employees which is not authorized or condoned by a labor organization constitutes
22a "strike", but does not subject such labor organization to the penalties under this
23subchapter. This paragraph does not apply to collective bargaining units composed
24of municipal employees who are engaged in law enforcement or fire fighting
25functions.
AB11-CSA1, s. 219
1Section 219. 111.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,72,42 111.70 (2) Rights of municipal employees. Municipal employees shall have the
3right of self-organization, and the right to form, join, or assist labor organizations,
4to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage
5in lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual
6aid or protection, and such employees shall. Municipal employees have the right to
7refrain from any and all such activities except that employees. A general municipal
8employee has the right to refrain from paying dues while remaining a member of a
9collective bargaining unit. A public safety employee, however,
may be required to
10pay dues in the manner provided in a fair-share agreement. Such; a fair-share
11agreement covering a public safety employee must contain a provision requiring the
12municipal employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified by the labor
13organization from the earnings of the public safety employee affected by the
14fair-share agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization. A

15fair-share agreement shall be covering a public safety employee is subject to the
16right of the municipal employer or a labor organization to petition the commission
17to conduct a referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that at least 30%
18of the public safety employees in the collective bargaining unit desire that the
19fair-share agreement be terminated. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct
20a referendum. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported by at least the
21majority of the eligible public safety employees, it shall be deemed terminated
22terminate. The commission shall declare any fair-share agreement suspended upon
23such conditions and for such time as the commission decides whenever it finds that
24the labor organization involved has refused on the basis of race, color, sexual
25orientation, creed, or sex to receive as a member any public safety employee of the

1municipal employer in the bargaining unit involved, and such agreement shall be
2made
is subject to this duty of the commission. Any of the parties to such agreement
3or any municipal public safety employee covered thereby by the agreement may come
4before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and ask the performance of this duty.
AB11-CSA1, s. 220 5Section 220. 111.70 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,72,96 111.70 (3) (a) 3. To encourage or discourage a membership in any labor
7organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or
8conditions of employment; but the prohibition shall not apply to a fair-share
9agreement that covers public safety employees.
AB11-CSA1, s. 221 10Section 221. 111.70 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,73,311 111.70 (3) (a) 4. To refuse to bargain collectively with a representative of a
12majority of its employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit. Such refusal
13shall include includes action by the employer to issue or seek to obtain contracts,
14including those provided for by statute, with individuals in the collective bargaining
15unit while collective bargaining, mediation, or fact-finding concerning the terms and
16conditions of a new collective bargaining agreement is in progress, unless such
17individual contracts contain express language providing that the contract is subject
18to amendment by a subsequent collective bargaining agreement. Where the
19employer has a good faith doubt as to whether a labor organization claiming the
20support of a majority of its employees in an appropriate bargaining unit does in fact
21have that support, it may file with the commission a petition requesting an election
22to that claim. An employer shall not be deemed to have refused to bargain until an
23election has been held and the results thereof certified to the employer by the
24commission. The violation shall include, though not be limited thereby, to the refusal
25to execute a collective bargaining agreement previously agreed upon. The term of

1any collective bargaining agreement covering municipal employees who are not
2school district employees shall not exceed 3 years, and the term of any collective
3bargaining agreement covering school district employees shall not exceed 4 years.
AB11-CSA1, s. 222 4Section 222. 111.70 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,73,135 111.70 (3) (a) 5. To violate any collective bargaining agreement previously
6agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages, hours and conditions of
7employment affecting municipal public safety employees, including an agreement to
8arbitrate questions arising as to the meaning or application of the terms of a
9collective bargaining agreement or to accept the terms of such arbitration award,
10where previously the parties have agreed to accept such award as final and binding
11upon them or to violate any collective bargaining agreement affecting general
12municipal employees, that was previously agreed upon by the parties with respect
13to wages
.
AB11-CSA1, s. 223 14Section 223. 111.70 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,73,2115 111.70 (3) (a) 6. To deduct labor organization dues from an employee's or
16supervisor's
the earnings of a public safety employee, unless the municipal employer
17has been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the municipal public
18safety
employee personally, and terminable by at least the end of any year of its life
19or earlier by the municipal public safety employee giving at least 30 days' written
20notice of such termination to the municipal employer and to the representative
21organization, except where there is when a fair-share agreement is in effect.
AB11-CSA1, s. 224 22Section 224. 111.70 (3) (a) 7. of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 225 23Section 225. 111.70 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,74,224 111.70 (3) (a) 9. After If the collective bargaining unit contains a public safety
25employee, after
a collective bargaining agreement expires and before another

1collective bargaining agreement takes effect, to fail to follow any fair-share
2agreement in the expired collective bargaining agreement.
AB11-CSA1, s. 226 3Section 226. 111.70 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 227 4Section 227. 111.70 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB11-CSA1,74,75 111.70 (3g) Wage deduction prohibition. A municipal employer may not
6deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a general municipal employee
7or supervisor.
AB11-CSA1, s. 228 8Section 228. 111.70 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 229 9Section 229. 111.70 (3p) of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 230 10Section 230. 111.70 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,74,1411 111.70 (4) Powers of the commission. (intro.) The commission shall conduct
12any election under this subsection by secret ballot and
shall be governed by adhere
13to
the following provisions relating to bargaining in municipal employment in
14addition to other powers and duties provided in this subchapter:
AB11-CSA1, s. 231 15Section 231. 111.70 (4) (c) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,74,1716 111.70 (4) (c) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; law enforcement
17and fire fighting personnel
public safety employees.
AB11-CSA1, s. 232 18Section 232. 111.70 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,74,2419 111.70 (4) (c) 1. `Mediation.' The commission may function as a mediator in
20labor disputes involving a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety
21employee
. Such mediation may be carried on by a person designated to act by the
22commission upon request of one or both of the parties or upon initiation of the
23commission. The function of the mediator shall be is to encourage voluntary
24settlement by the parties but no mediator shall have has the power of compulsion.
AB11-CSA1, s. 233 25Section 233. 111.70 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,75,5
1111.70 (4) (c) 2. `Arbitration.' a. Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning
2or application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
3collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee
may agree in writing
4to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as arbitrator or may
5designate any other competent, impartial and disinterested person to so serve.
AB11-CSA1,75,126 b. A collective bargaining agreement involving a collective bargaining unit
7containing a public safety employee
may, notwithstanding s. 62.13 (5), contain
8dispute resolution procedures, including arbitration, that address the suspension,
9reduction in rank, suspension and reduction in rank, or removal of such personnel.
10If the procedures include arbitration, the arbitration hearing shall be public and the
11decision of the arbitrator shall be issued within 180 days of the conclusion of the
12hearing.
AB11-CSA1, s. 234 13Section 234. 111.70 (4) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB11-CSA1,75,2114 111.70 (4) (c) 3. `Fact-finding.' If Unless s. 111.77 applies, if a dispute involving
15a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee
has not been settled
16after a reasonable period of negotiation and after the settlement procedures, if any,
17established by the parties have been exhausted, and the parties are deadlocked with
18respect to any dispute between them arising in the collective bargaining process,
19either party, or the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in writing, to initiate
20fact-finding, as provided hereafter, and to make recommendations to resolve the
21deadlock., as follows:
AB11-CSA1,76,222 a. Upon receipt of a the petition to initiate fact-finding, the commission shall
23make an investigation with or without a formal hearing, to determine whether a
24deadlock in fact exists. After its investigation the commission shall certify the
25results thereof. If the commission decides that fact-finding should be initiated, it

1shall appoint a qualified, disinterested person or 3-member panel, when jointly
2requested by the parties, to function as a fact finder.
AB11-CSA1,76,123 b. The fact finder appointed under subd. 3. a. may establish dates and place of
4hearings which shall be where feasible, and shall conduct the hearings pursuant to
5rules established by the commission. Upon request, the commission shall issue
6subpoenas for hearings conducted by the fact finder. The fact finder may administer
7oaths. Upon completion of the hearing, the fact finder shall make written findings
8of fact and recommendations for solution of the dispute and shall cause the same to
9be served on the parties and the commission. Cost of fact-finding proceedings shall
10be divided equally between the parties. At the time the fact finder submits a
11statement of his or her costs to the parties, the fact finder shall submit a copy thereof
12of the statement to the commission at its Madison office.
AB11-CSA1,76,1613 c. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting in this subdivision prohibits
14any fact finder appointed under subd. 3. a. from endeavoring to mediate the dispute,
15in which the fact finder is involved, at any time prior to the issuance of the fact
16finder's recommendations.
AB11-CSA1,76,2117 d. Within 30 days of the receipt of the fact finder's recommendations under
18subd. 3. b.
, or within the time period mutually agreed upon by the parties, each party
19shall advise give notice to the other party, in writing as to its acceptance or rejection,
20in whole or in part, of the fact finder's recommendations and, at the same time,
21transmit a copy of such the notice to the commission at its Madison office.
AB11-CSA1, s. 235 22Section 235. 111.70 (4) (c) 4. of the statutes is repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 236 23Section 236. 111.70 (4) (cm) (title), 1., 2., 3. and 4. of the statutes are amended
24to read:
AB11-CSA1,77,12
1111.70 (4) (cm) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; other
2personnel
general municipal employees. 1. `Notice of commencement of contract
3negotiations.' For the purpose of advising the commission of the commencement of
4contract negotiations involving a collective bargaining unit containing general
5municipal employees
, whenever either party requests the other to reopen
6negotiations under a binding collective bargaining agreement, or the parties
7otherwise commence negotiations if no such agreement exists, the party requesting
8negotiations shall immediately notify the commission in writing. Upon failure of the
9requesting party to provide such notice, the other party may so notify the
10commission. The notice shall specify the expiration date of the existing collective
11bargaining agreement, if any, and shall set forth any additional information the
12commission may require on a form provided by the commission.
AB11-CSA1,77,2013 2. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The meetings between
14parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective bargaining
15agreement under this subchapter which that involve a collective bargaining unit
16containing a general municipal employee and that
are held for the purpose of
17presenting initial bargaining proposals, along with supporting rationale, shall be
18open to the public. Each party shall submit its initial bargaining proposals to the
19other party in writing. Failure to comply with this subdivision is not cause to
20invalidate a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter.
AB11-CSA1,77,2521 3. `Mediation.' The commission or its designee shall function as mediator in
22labor disputes involving general municipal employees upon request of one or both of
23the parties, or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the mediator shall
24be to encourage voluntary settlement by the parties. No mediator has the power of
25compulsion.
AB11-CSA1,78,6
14. `Grievance arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or
2application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
3collective bargaining unit containing a general municipal employee
may agree in
4writing to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as arbitrator
5or may designate any other competent, impartial and disinterested person to so
6serve.
AB11-CSA1, s. 237 7Section 237. 111.70 (4) (cm) 5., 6., 7., 7g., 7r. and 8. of the statutes are repealed.
AB11-CSA1, s. 238 8Section 238. 111.70 (4) (cm) 8m. of the statutes is amended to read:
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