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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="16-306" title_number="16" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The labor relations administrator shall hold an election for an exclusive representative after:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an employee organization shows by petition that at least 30% of the eligible employees in a bargaining unit support representation by an exclusive representative for collective bargaining; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an employee or an employee organization shows by petition that at least 30% of the eligible employees in a bargaining unit no longer support the current exclusive representative.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Elections may not be held:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>within 1 year after the date of an election under this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, during the term of a collective bargaining agreement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>During the term of a collective bargaining agreement, a petition for an election may be filed only in November of the fiscal year in which the agreement expires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least 30 days before an election under subsection (a) of this section, the labor relations administrator shall get from the Montgomery Commission and provide to the employee organization a list of the name, home address, and telephone number of each employee in the bargaining unit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Providing a list under this subsection by the Montgomery Commission, the labor relations administrator, or any Montgomery Commission officials, employees, or other agents does not violate § 4–331 of the General Provisions Article or any State or local law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An election shall be held by secret ballot.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The ballot shall contain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the name of each employee organization that submits a valid petition for an election;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the name of any other employee organization supported by a petition signed by at least 10% of the eligible employees in the bargaining unit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an option for no representation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a petition described in subsection (a)(1) is submitted at the same time that a petition described in subsection (a)(2) is submitted, one election shall be held to determine which employee organization, if any, shall be the exclusive representative.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The ballot shall contain:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name of the current certified employee organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name of the petitioning employee organization; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a provision for “No representation”.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>If none of the choices on the ballot receives a majority of the votes, the labor relations administrator shall hold a runoff election between the two choices receiving the most votes.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After the election, the labor relations administrator shall certify the employee organization with the most votes as the exclusive representative.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the petitioning employee organization is certified as a result of an election carried out under subsection (f) of this section, that employee organization shall be treated as a successor in interest and party to any collective bargaining agreement to which the previous employee organization was a party.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>The Montgomery Commission and the employee organization shall share the costs of the election procedures equally.</text>
  </level>
</section>
