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TITLE 1. GENERAL 100-7914›DIVISION 4. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 1000-3599›CHAPTER 10.7. Meeting and Negotiating in Public Educational Employment 3540-3549.3›ARTICLE 4. Rights, Obligations, Prohibitions, and Unfair Practices 3543-3543.8

§ 3543.7

California Government Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The duty to meet and negotiate in good faith requires the parties to begin negotiations prior to the adoption of the final budget for the ensuing year sufficiently in advance of such adoption date so that there is adequate time for agreement to be reached, or for the resolution of an impasse.

(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 961.)

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