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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 14.30.11.04" title_num="14" subtitle_num="30" chapter_num="11" heading="Decertification Petition Proceeding — Participants.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If there is no intervening employee organization in a decertification petition proceeding, an election to decertify an incumbent certified employee organization may not be held if the incumbent provides the Board with a written disclaimer of any representation interest in the unit in response to the Notice of Election.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If there is an intervenor, an election shall be held if the intervening employee organization proffers a 30 percent showing of interest in a reasonable period of time prior to the date originally scheduled for the election.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If there is no intervening employee organization, an election will not be conducted if the petitioner provides the Board with a written request to withdraw the petition.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If there is an intervenor, an election will be conducted if the intervening employee organization proffers a 30 percent showing of interest in a reasonable period of time prior to the date originally scheduled for the election.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>