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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="23-902" title_number="23" title_name="Libraries" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Public Libraries -- Collective Bargaining">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There may be not more than two bargaining units at each public library system including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>One bargaining unit for employees; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>One bargaining unit for supervisory employees.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a bargaining unit may contain full–time or part–time employees.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A bargaining unit may not include volunteers or temporary employees with less than 90 days of service in a 12–month period.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subtitle may not be construed to modify or terminate a bargaining unit that was recognized or in existence on or before June 30, 2024.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If an employee organization has been certified under State or local law on or before June 30, 2024, to be an exclusive representative of employees of a public library system, the employer shall accrete all eligible positions into the existing bargaining unit in accordance with this section on request of the exclusive representative.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An accretion under this subsection shall be subject to a showing of interest and election by employees in the accreted positions in accordance with the procedures under § 23–907 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
