194                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                                             Ch. 22

6-403. EMPLOYEES MAY BEFORE TO JOIN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS.

A PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE MAY REPOSE TO JOIN OR
PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS.

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

The only changes are in style.

6-404. DESIGNATION OF EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE FOR
EMPLOYEES; SPECIFIC UNITS.

(A)   PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER TO DESIGNATE EXCLUSIVE
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION.

EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER SHALL DESIGNATE, AS
PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE, WHICH EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, IF
ANY, SHALL BE THE EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL PUBLIC
SCHOOL EMPLOYEES IN A SPECIFIED UNIT IN THE COUNTY.

(B)       COMPOSITION OF UNIT.

THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER SHALL DETERMINE THE
COMPOSITION OF THE UNIT IN NEGOTIATION WITH ANY EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATION THAT REQUESTS NEGOTIATION CONCERNING THE
COMPOSITION OF THE UNIT.

(C)   TWO UNIT LIMIT FOR EACH COUNTY.
THERE MAY NOT BE MORE THAN TWO UNITS IN A COUNTY.

(D)   ALL EMPLOYEES TO BE INCLUDED IN UNITS.
ALL ELIGIBLE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES SHALL:

(1)   BE INCLUDED IN ONE OF THESE UNITS; AND

(2)   HAVE THE RIGHTS GRANTED IN THIS SUBTITLE.

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

In subsection (a) of this section, the present
language that refers to the original designation
of employee organizations before June 15, 196 8
and June 15, 1969 is deleted as obsolete.

In subsection (d) of this section, the word
"eligible" is added for clarity.

In this section, the present references to
"Baltimore City" are deleted as unnecessary in
light of the definition of "county" in §1-101 of
this article.

The only other changes are in style.