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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="4-217" title_number="4" title_name="Bargaining Representatives; Labor Disputes" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Choice of Bargaining Representative">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless a run-off election is to be held or an investigation is to be made under § 4-212 or § 4-213 of this subtitle, immediately after the period for filing an objection has passed, the Mediation Service shall certify to each party to a consent election the result of the consent election.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a labor organization wins a consent election, the certification of the result of the consent election shall include a certification of the organization as bargaining representative.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The rulings and determinations of the Mediation Service under this subsection are final.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless the Mediation Service certifies the result in accordance with subsection (a) of this section or receives a timely exception under § 4-215 of this subtitle that, the Mediation Service determines, raises a substantial and material issue with respect to the conduct or result of a consent election, the Mediation Service immediately shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>decide the matter on the record; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>dispose otherwise of the case.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
