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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="4-401" title_number="4" title_name="Bargaining Representatives; Labor Disputes" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Acts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each employer who, under a collective bargaining agreement, deducts dues from an employee’s pay for payment to a union shall make the payment within 30 days after it is required.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each employer or union official who, under a collective bargaining or other agreement with an employee, agrees to make a payment into a health or welfare fund, a pension fund, a vacation plan, or any other similar fund or plan for employees shall make the payment within 30 days after it is required.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An employer or union official who knowingly fails to make a payment under subsection (a) or (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the employer is a corporation, each corporate officer who exercises executive functions is guilty of a misdemeanor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
