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of a 2.0 percent increase per year over the corresponding
length of the collective negotiation agreement. An award
of an arbitrator shall not include base salary items and nonsalary economic issues which were not included in the
prior collective negotiations agreement.
(cf: P
.L.2010, c.105, s.2)
f. The task force shall annually report its findings, along
with any recommendations it may have, to the governor
and, pursuant to section 2 of P
.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1),
to the Legislature [annually, on or before April 1 of each year].
The task force's final report due on or before [April 1, 2014]
December 31, 2017 shall include, in addition to any other
findings and recommendations, a specific recommendation
for any amendments to the arbitration award cap. Upon the
filing of its final report on or before [April 1, 2014] December
31, 2017, the task force shall expire.
(cf: P
.L.2010, c.105, s.3)
4. Section 4 of P
.L.2010, c.105 (C.34:13A-16.9) is amended to read as follows:
4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011; provided
however, section 2 of P
.L.2010, c.105 (C.34:13A-16.7) shall
apply only to collective negotiations between a public
employer and the exclusive representative of a public
police department or public fire department that relate to
[a] negotiated [agreement] agreements expiring on that
effective date or any date thereafter until [April 1, 2014] or
on December 31, 2017, whereupon, after December 31,
2017, the provisions of section 2 of P
.L.2010, c.105
(C.34:13A-16.7) shall become inoperative for all parties
except those whose collective negotiations agreements
expired prior to [April 1, 2014] or on December 31, 2017
but for whom a final settlement has not been reached.
[When final settlement between the parties in all such
negotiations is reached, the provisions of section 2 of this
act shall expire. In the case of a party that entered into a
contract that expires on the effective date of this act or
any date thereafter until April 1, 2014, and where the
terms of that contract oth \