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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="16-312" title_number="16" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Montgomery Commission and an employee organization certified as the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit shall execute a collective bargaining agreement incorporating all matters of agreement on wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a collective bargaining agreement provides for a grievance procedure, that grievance procedure shall be the only procedure for employees in the bargaining unit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The collective bargaining agreement may include an agency shop or other union security provision.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The collective bargaining agreement supersedes any conflicting regulation or administrative policy of the Montgomery Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A collective bargaining agreement takes effect on the approval of the Montgomery Commission and the membership of the employee organization representing the bargaining unit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A single year or multiple–year collective bargaining agreement shall expire at the close of the appropriate fiscal year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If a provision in a collective bargaining agreement is ruled invalid or is not funded adequately, the rest of the agreement remains in effect unless reopened under § 16–313(b) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
