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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 41.80.001, the parties to collective bargaining to be conducted under RCW 41.80.001 and 41.80.010 through 41.80.130 shall meet by September 1, 2003, to identify those payroll-related bargaining issues that affect the capacity of the central state payroll system, as determined by the department of personnel. The parties shall agree on which bargaining issues will be bargained in a coalition of employee representatives and will be agreed to uniformly in each collective bargaining agreement. This agreement is effective only for collective bargaining agreements entered into for implementation during the 2005-2007 biennium. The purpose of the agreement is to minimize the risk to the payroll system resulting from agreements reached in the first round of collective bargaining under chapter 354, Laws of 2002.

(2) This section expires June 30, 2007.

[2002 c 354 § 409.]

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