N.Y. Civil Service Law § 204-a: Agreements between public employers and employee organizations

§ 204-a. Agreements between public employers and employee

organizations. 1. Any written agreement between a public employer and

an employee organization determining the terms and conditions of

employment of public employees shall contain the following notice in

type not smaller than the largest type used elsewhere in such agreement:

"It is agreed by and between the parties that any provision of this

agreement requiring legislative action to permit its implementation by

amendment of law or by providing the additional funds therefor, shall

not become effective until the appropriate legislative body has given

approval."

2. Every employee organization submitting such a written agreement to

its members for ratification shall publish such notice, include such

notice in the documents accompanying such submission and shall read it

aloud at any membership meeting called to consider such ratification.

3. Within sixty days after the effective date of this act, a copy of

this section shall be furnished by the chief fiscal officer of each

public employer to each public employee. Each public employee employed

thereafter shall, upon such employment, be furnished with a copy of the

provisions of this section.

4. The terms of any current or expired agreement or interest

arbitration award between any public employer and any public employee

organization representing firefighters relating to the discipline of any

firefighters shall be deemed valid and enforceable from the effective

date of this subdivision.