Article 52: Duration and Termination

Section 1

This Agreement will be approved or disapproved by the Employer within thirty (30) calendar days after being executed. If approved within that time period, its effective date shall be the date on which it is signed by the Employer so long as that date is within the same thirty (30) calendars day period. If the Agreement is not approved or disapproved by the Employer within the thirty (30) calendar days after being executed, it will become effective, as a matter of law, on the thirty-first (31st) calendar day after its execution.

Section 2

This Agreement shall remain in effect for a period of three (3) years from the date the Agency implements this Agreement pursuant to Section 4 below and shall be automatically renewed for one additional one (1) year period unless both Parties agree, in writing, at least sixty (60) days, but not more than one hundred five (105) days prior to the expiration date to re-open, amend, modify, or terminate this Agreement.

In each subsequent year, this Agreement shall be automatically renewable for additional one (1) year periods unless either Party notifies the other Party, in writing, at least sixty (60) days, but not more than one hundred five (105) days prior to the expiration date of its intention to re-open, amend, modify, or terminate this Agreement. Such written notice shall be accompanied by proposed ground rules or a statement of the provision(s) in the Agreement that the Party desires to modify. When notice of desire to re-open, amend, modify, or terminate is given, the Parties shall confer within ten (10) business days to schedule a meeting for the purpose of negotiating ground rules for the conduct of negotiations on a new Agreement; this meeting should occur no later than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the expiration date of this Agreement. If negotiations on a new Agreement are not concluded prior to the expiration date, this Agreement, including any and all of the Parties’ past practices and written agreements, including, but not limited to MOUs, shall continue in full force until a new Agreement has been approved. The original expiration date in this term Agreement will not mark the beginning of a new term that would allow for an additional round of agency head review on the agreement that remains in effect.

Section 3

All MOUs currently in effect will remain in effect throughout the term of this CBA unless the parties mutually agree otherwise.  

Section 4

Implementation of the new provisions of this Agreement will occur within 180 days of its effective date. The Agency will notify the Union in writing no later than two calendar weeks in advance of the implementation date.