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title: O.C.G.A. § 25-5-6. Obligations of corporate authority and agent.
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# O.C.G.A. § 25-5-6. Obligations of corporate authority and agent.

It shall be the obligation of the proper corporate authority and the bargaining agent to meet and confer in good faith within 30 days after receipt of a written notice from the bargaining agent of the request for a meeting for collective bargaining purposes. This obligation may include the duty to cause any agreement resulting from negotiations to be reduced to a written contract. No such contract shall exceed the term of one year.

## History

Ga. L. 1971, p. 565, § 6.