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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="18-209" title_number="18" title_name="Personnel" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission and an employee organization certified as the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit shall execute a collective bargaining agreement incorporating all matters of agreement on wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.</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 multiyear collective bargaining agreement shall expire at the close of the appropriate fiscal year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A collective bargaining agreement takes effect on the approval by the Commission and the membership of the union representing the bargaining unit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>This section does not limit an employee’s right to an appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings under § 18–123(b) of this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
