Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes, each municipal employer and each employee organization in a municipality that is required to close all nonessential municipal offices in observance of Martin Luther King Day pursuant to subsection (b) of section 7-478b shall reopen each collective bargaining agreement approved in accordance with the provisions of sections 7-467 to 7-477, inclusive, for the sole purpose of negotiating compensation or exchange of benefits, if any, for the bargaining unit members covered by such agreement for observance of Martin Luther King Day.(P.A. 00-98, S. 2, 6.)History: P.A. 00-98 effective April 26, 2000.
Connecticut Legal Code
§ 7-478c
Connecticut Title 7 — Connecticut law
Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_113.htm#sec_7-478c· Version 2026