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<subtitle article="glg" title_number="11" subtitle_number="6" title_name="Powers of Code Counties" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining">
  <section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="11-601" title_number="11" title_name="Powers of Code Counties" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining">
    <level label="a">
      <text>In this section, “regular employee” does not include:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>an employee, as defined in § 4–501 of the Labor and Employment Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>an appointed official;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>an elected official; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>a supervisory, managerial, or confidential employee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>This section applies only in code counties in the Southern Maryland class, as established in § 9–302 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>A county may enact a local law to provide regular employees of the county the right to organize and bargain collectively with binding arbitration through representative employee organizations chosen by the regular employees.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A local law enacted in accordance with this section shall:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>provide definitions of and remedies for unfair labor practices; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>prohibit strikes or work stoppages by represented regular employees.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>A local law enacted in accordance with this section may not affect the rights and duties of a county and any exclusive representatives under a local law enacted in accordance with Title 4, Subtitle 5 of the Labor and Employment Article.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>