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(B)       EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION.

"EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION" MEANS AN ORGANIZATION THAT:

(1)    INCLUDES CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES OF A PUBLIC
SCHOOL EMPLOYER OR INDIVIDUALS OF EQUIVALENT STATUS IN
BALTIMORE CITY; AND

(2)     HAS AS ONE OF ITS MAIN PURPOSES THE
REPRESENTATION OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THEIR RELATIONS WITH THAT
PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER.

(C)   PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE.

"PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE" MEANS A CERTIFICATED
PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUAL WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL
EMPLOYEE OR AN INDIVIDUAL OF EQUIVALENT STATUS IN BALTIMORE
CITY, EXCEPT FOR A COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OR AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO IS DESIGNATED BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER TO ACT IN A
NEGOTIATING CAPACITY AS PROVIDED IN §6-408(B) OF THIS
SUBTITLE.

(D)   PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER.

"PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER" MEANS A COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION OR THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF BALTIMORE
CITY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
77, §160(a).

The only changes are in style.

6-402. EMPLOYEES MAY JOIN ORGANIZATION; MEMBERSHIP
RESTRICTIONS.

(A)   EMPLOYEES MAY FORM AND JOIN ORGANIZATION.

PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES MAY FORM, JOIN, AND PARTICIPATE
IN THE ACTIVITIES OF EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS OF THEIR OWN
CHOICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING REPRESENTED ON ALL MATTERS
THAT RELATE TO SALARIES, WAGES, HOURS, AND OTHER WORKING
CONDITIONS.

(B)   MEMBERSHIP RESTRICTION AND DISMISSAL.

AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION MAY ESTABLISH REASONABLE:

(1)   RESTRICTIONS AS TO WHO MAY JOIN; AND

(2)    PROVISIONS FOR THE DISMISSAL OF INDIVIDUALS
FROM MEMBERSHIP.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
77, §160(b).

The only changes are in style.