ARTICLE 34
DURATION AND IMPLEMENTATION
34.1
Except as provided in provisions 34.2 and 34.3 below, this Agreement shall become effective
upon ratification by both parties and shall remain in full force and effect up to and
including June 30, 2008.
34.2
All contractual provisions changed from the prior Agreement shall be effective upon
ratification of this Agreement by both parties except that wherever a date is specifically
indicated herein as the effective date for a change, such specifically indicated date shall
govern.
34.3
APC has the right to exercise one or two one-year extensions of this Agreement.
- The CSU shall provide to APC, no later than May 30, 2008, a proposal for the mutual
modification of the Agreement by extending it through June 30, 2009 and providing a
compensation increase for the period of the extension. The CSU's proposal shall include
neither the establishment of any new performance-related salary program nor the dedication
of statewide compensation funds for any existing performance-related program. After
considering the CSU's proposal and discussing it with the CSU, APC will determine whether it
desires to extend the Agreement through June 30, 2009. The Union shall notify the CSU of
its decision within thirty (30) days of its receipt of the CSU's proposal. Should APC not
exercise its extension option, the HEERA negotiation process for a successor agreement shall
commence when one of the parties delivers to the other its proposals, in writing, no later
than July 31, 2008. The parties agree that in this event the Agreement will be extended at
least through December 31, 2008 while negotiations for a successor agreement take
place.
- Should the APC extend the Agreement until June 30, 2009, pursuant to provision 34.3.A.
above, the CSU shall provide to APC, no later than May 30, 2009, a proposal for the mutual
modification of the Agreement by extending it through June 30, 2010 and providing a
compensation increase for the period of the extension. The CSU's proposal shall include
neither the establishment of any new performance-related salary program nor the dedication
of statewide compensation funds for any existing performance-related program. After
considering the CSU's proposal and discussing it with the CSU, APC will determine whether it
desires to extend the Agreement through June 30, 2010. The Union shall notify the CSU of
its decision within thirty (30) days of its receipt of the CSU's proposal. Should APC not
exercise its extension option, the HEERA negotiation process for a successor agreement shall
commence when one of the parties delivers to the other its proposals, in writing, no later
than July 31, 2009. The parties agree that in this event the Agreement will be extended at
least through December 31, 2009 while negotiations for a successor agreement take
place.
34.4
In the event the agreement has been extended through June 2010 pursuant to provision 34.3
above, negotiations for a successor agreement shall commence when one of the parties
delivers to the other its proposals in writing, no earlier than February 1 and no later than
March 1, 2010.
34.5
Any term(s) of this Agreement which is deemed to carry an economic cost shall not be
implemented until the amount required therefor is appropriated and made available to the CSU
for expenditure for such purpose(s). If less than the amount needed to implement this
Agreement is appropriated and made available to the CSU for expenditure, the term(s) of this
Agreement deemed by the CSU to carry economic cost shall automatically be subject to the
meet and confer process.
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