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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="16-211" title_number="16" title_name="Employment" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining -- in General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission and an employee organization certified as exclusive representative of a bargaining unit shall execute a collective bargaining agreement incorporating all matters agreed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a collective bargaining agreement provides for a grievance procedure, that grievance procedure shall be the sole procedure for employees in the bargaining unit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The collective bargaining agreement may include an agency shop or other union security provision.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The collective bargaining agreement supersedes any conflicting regulation or administrative policy of the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A single–year or multiple–year collective bargaining agreement shall expire at the close of the appropriate fiscal year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a collective bargaining agreement shall be effective on the approval of the Commission and the membership of the employee organization representing the bargaining unit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The economic requirements of a collective bargaining agreement shall be effective on approval by the Montgomery County Council and Prince George’s County Council.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
