HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(1) JOB CLASSIFICATIONS THAT ON DECEMBER 31, 1983,
WERE INCLUDED IN RECOGNIZED BARGAINING UNITS PURSUANT TO
AGREEMENTS IN FORCE ON THAT DATE BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND
AN ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVE IDENTIFIED IN SUBSECTION (A)(1)(I),
(II), OR (III) OF THIS SECTION; AND

(2) NEW OR REVISED CLASSIFICATIONS COMPARABLE TO
THOSE DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION, PROVIDED,

HOWEVER, THAT SUPERVISORY, MANAGERIAL, PROFESSIONAL,

CONFIDENTIAL, INCLUDING SECRETARIES OR ASSISTANTS TO
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT AND SECTION HEADS OR TO OTHER
MANAGEMENT STAFF PERSONNEL, AND ENGINEERING CLASSIFICATIONS SHALL
NOT BE INCLUDED.

(C) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY PROVIDE ITS EMPLOYEES WITH
AUTOMATIC COST OF LIVING WAGE ADJUSTMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
APPLICABLE FORMULA IN A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE PARTIES, PROVIDED THAT THE AGGREGATE OF AUTOMATIC COST OF
LIVING WAGE ADJUSTMENTS PROVIDED TO ANY EMPLOYEE IN ANY CONTRACT
YEAR DOES NOT EXCEED 5 PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S BASE WAGE RATE
AS THAT BASE WAGE RATE EXISTED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT
OF THE CONTRACT YEAR.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 573

(Senate Bill 894)

AN ACT concerning

Agricultural Use Assessment and Taxation

FOR the purpose of providing additional criteria for determining
whether lands that appear to be actively devoted to farm or
agricultural use are in fact bona fide farms; providing for
a certain certification by the property owner; defining
certain terms; requiring the Director of the Department of
Assessments and Taxation to waive a certain requirement upon
certain findings; providing that the Department of
Assessments and Taxation may require the owner to make a
certain application if the land is less than a certain
acreage; providing that in determining whether land is in
fact bona fide farmland, the Director of the Department of
Assessments and Taxation shall consult with certain
officials; providing certain exceptions to a requirement
used in determining whether land is in fact bona fide
farmland; providing that certain land is not eligible to