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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="16-305" title_number="16" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An employee organization that is certified or that seeks certification as an exclusive representative shall submit to the labor relations administrator a copy of the employee organization’s constitution and bylaws and any amendment to them.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The constitution or bylaws shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a pledge that the employee organization accepts members without regard to age, marital status, national origin, race, religion, disabilities, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the right of members to participate in the affairs of the employee organization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>procedures for periodic elections of officers by secret ballot;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>fair procedures governing disciplinary actions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>procedures for the accurate accounting of all income and expenditures;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a requirement that a certified annual financial report be produced; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the right of members to inspect the employee organization’s accounts.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
