Rhode Island General Laws 28-9.2-8. Arbitration board – Composition
Within five (5) days from the expiration of the thirty-day (30) period referred to in § 28-9.2-7, the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities shall each select and name one arbitrator and shall immediately thereafter notify each other in writing of the name and address of the person so selected. The two (2) arbitrators so selected and named shall, within ten (10) days from and after the expiration of the five-day (5) period mentioned in this section, agree upon and select and name a third arbitrator. If, on the expiration of the period allowed, the arbitrators are unable to agree upon the selection of a third arbitrator, the third arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association. The third arbitrator, whether selected as a result of agreement between the two (2) arbitrators previously selected or selected by the American Arbitration Association, shall act as chairperson of the arbitration board.
History of Section.
P.L. 1963, ch. 54, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 151, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 175, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 193, § 2; P.L. 1994, ch. 229, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-9.2-8
- Corporate authorities: means the proper officials within any city or town whose duty or duties it is to establish the wages, salaries, rates of pay, hours, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment of police officers, whether they are the mayor, city manager, town manager, town administrator, city council, town council, director of personnel, personnel board or commission, or by whatever other name they may be designated, or any combination thereof. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-9.2-3
- in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6