# COMAR Title 14 — Independent Agencies

## Subtitle 30 — Public Employee Relations Board

### Chapter 11 — Hearings

#### Regulation .02 When to File the Petition.

*COMAR 14.30.11.02*

A. A decertification petition may not be filed for a bargaining unit within 2 years following the final date of a previous election conducted for that bargaining unit.

B. If an agreement between the public employer and incumbent employee organization is in effect, a valid decertification petition may be filed and an election held only if the petition is filed not more than 120 days nor less than 90 days prior to expiration of the agreement.