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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="3-603" future_version_removed="true" title_number="3" title_name="Collective Bargaining" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Memorandum of Understanding">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A memorandum of understanding agreed to and ratified under § 3–601 of this subtitle may not expire until it is succeeded by a memorandum of understanding that is agreed to and ratified or adopted by arbitration under this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding § 3–601(b) of this subtitle, all terms of a memorandum of understanding shall continue in force and effect without change until a successor memorandum of understanding is agreed to and ratified.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Based on a verified complaint by an exclusive representative, the exclusive representative may file an action in a circuit court against the State, the Maryland Environmental Service, a system institution, Morgan State University, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, or Baltimore City Community College to enforce the terms of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On receipt of an action submitted by the exclusive representative, the court shall issue a status quo order without a finding of irreparable harm to maintain a memorandum of understanding and the terms in effect pending a final order in the action.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
