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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="16-304" title_number="16" title_name="Employment" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining -- Police Officers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An employee organization that is certified or that seeks certification as an exclusive representative under this subtitle shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>file with the Commission and the Labor Commissioner a copy of the employee organization’s constitution and bylaws; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>report promptly any change in the constitution or bylaws.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The constitution or bylaws shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a pledge that the employee organization accepts members without regard to age, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, marital status, or national origin;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the right of members to participate in the affairs of the employee organization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>procedures for periodic elections of officers by secret ballot;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>fair procedures governing disciplinary actions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>procedures for the accurate accounting of income and expenditures;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a requirement that an annual financial report be produced; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the right of members to inspect the employee organization’s accounts.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An employee organization shall file an annual report with the Commission and the Labor Commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The annual report shall include a financial report that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is signed by the president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers of the employee organization; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>contains information in detail sufficient to accurately disclose the financial condition and operations of the employee organization.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An employee organization that has not filed an annual report or the constitution and bylaws of which do not conform to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section may not be or remain certified as an exclusive representative under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
