ARTICLE 29

DURATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Section 29.1 amended by Side Letter #26, dated May 5, 2009

29.1

This Agreement shall become effective upon ratification by both parties and shall remain in full force and effect up to and including June 30, 2011.

29.2

The provisions of Article 20, Salary, and Article 21, Benefits, shall be implemented as indicated in those articles.

Section 29.3 amended by Side Letter #26, dated May 5, 2009>

29.3

Negotiations for a successor agreement shall commence when one of the parties delivers to the other its proposals in writing no earlier than January 1 and no later than February 1 immediately preceding the expiration of this Agreement. However, negotiations on economic issues in preparation for the budget request for the 2011/12 fiscal year, as provided in Section 3572 of the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, may commence after July 1, 2010, when one of the parties delivers to the other its proposals in writing.

Section 29.4 replaced by Side Letter #26, paragraph 2, dated May 5, 2009>

Subject to the provisions of HEERA Section 3572 (a), the CSUEU may request to reopen the Salary Article (Article 20) of the collective bargaining agreement at any time between June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2011, upon thirty (30) days notice to the CSU. Upon receipt of a request to reopen the Salary Article, the Parties will agree on a sunshine schedule.

29.5

Any term of this Agreement which is deemed by the Employer to carry an economic cost shall not be implemented until the Employer determines that the amount required therefore has been appropriated and makes such amount available for expenditure for such purpose. If the Employer determines that less than the amount needed to implement this Agreement, or any provision herein, has been appropriated to implement this Agreement or any provision herein, 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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