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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="16-205" title_number="16" title_name="Employment" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining -- in General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The labor relations administrator shall conduct an election for an exclusive representative after:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an employee organization demonstrates, by petition, that at least 30% of the eligible employees in a bargaining unit support representation by an exclusive representative for collective bargaining; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an employee or an employee organization demonstrates, by petition, that at least 30% of the eligible employees in a bargaining unit no longer support the current exclusive representative.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least 30 days before an election under subsection (a) of this section, the labor relations administrator shall obtain from the Commission and provide to the employee organization a list of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of every employee in the bargaining unit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The provision of a list under this subsection by the Commission, the labor relations administrator, or a Commission official, employee, or other agent does not constitute a violation of § 4–331 of the General Provisions Article or any State or local law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Elections shall be conducted by secret ballot containing:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the name of each employee organization that submits a valid petition requiring an election;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the name of any other employee organization supported by a petition signed by at least 10% of the eligible employees in the bargaining unit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an option for no representation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a petition described in subsection (a)(1) of this section is submitted at the same time that a petition described in subsection (a)(2) of this section is submitted, one election shall be held to determine which employee organization, if any, shall be the exclusive representative.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The ballot shall contain:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name of the current certified employee organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name of the petitioning employee organization; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an option for no representation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If none of the choices on the ballot receives a majority of the votes cast, the labor relations administrator shall hold a runoff election.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In the runoff election, the ballot shall contain the two choices that received the highest number of votes cast in the initial election.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>After the election, the labor relations administrator shall certify the employee organization that received a majority of the votes cast as the exclusive representative.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>If the petitioning employee organization is certified as the result of an election held under subsection (d) of this section, that employee organization shall be treated as a successor in interest and party to any collective bargaining agreement to which the previous employee organization was a party.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Commission and the employee organization shall share equally the costs of the election procedures.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Elections may not be conducted:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>within 1 year after the date of a valid election under this section; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, during the term of a collective bargaining agreement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>During the term of a collective bargaining agreement, a petition for an election may be filed only during November of the fiscal year in which the agreement expires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
