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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="16-702" title_number="16" title_name="Community Colleges" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining">
  <level label="a">
    <text>It is the intent of the General Assembly that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State promote harmonious and cooperative relationships with the public employees of the community college system by encouraging collective bargaining practices, protecting the rights of public employees to associate, organize, and vote for their own exclusive representatives, and recognizing the dignity of labor for all employees of the community college system; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A delay in implementation of this subtitle shall be to ensure that community colleges are granted sufficient time to plan for potential negotiations and may not be used to plan for, or engage in, activities that would discourage or otherwise coerce employees seeking to hold an election.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This subtitle shall apply:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning on September 1, 2022, to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Anne Arundel Community College;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Community College of Baltimore County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Frederick Community College;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Harford Community College;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Howard Community College;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Montgomery College;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Prince George’s Community College; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>College of Southern Maryland;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Beginning on September 1, 2023, to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Allegany College of Maryland;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Carroll Community College;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Cecil College;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Chesapeake College;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Garrett College;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Hagerstown Community College; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Wor–Wic Community College; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Beginning October 1, 2024, Baltimore City Community College.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Public employees, public employers, and exclusive representatives are subject to the provisions of Title 22 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
