# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 1. Definitions; General Provisions

### Subtitle 13. Miscellaneous

#### Section 1-1316

(a) A unit of a county or municipal government may not knowingly use public funds to influence the decisions of county or municipal employees to:

  (1) support or oppose an employee organization that represents or seeks to represent the employees of the county or municipality; or

  (2) become a member of an employee organization.

(b) This section does not apply to an activity performed or an expense incurred in connection with:

  (1) addressing a grievance or negotiating or administering a collective bargaining agreement;

  (2) allowing an employee organization or a representative of an employee organization access to and use of a county's or municipality's facilities or properties;

  (3) performing an activity required by federal or State law or a collective bargaining agreement;

  (4) negotiating, entering into, or carrying out a voluntary recognition agreement with an employee organization; or

  (5) paying wages to a represented employee while the employee is performing duties if the payment is permitted under a collective bargaining agreement.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)