HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      3205

COURT MAY ORDER THE OFFENDING PLAINTIFF TO PAY TO THE DEFENDANT
REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES.

14-1706.

NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL LIMIT ANY REMEDIES OTHERWISE
AVAILABLE UNDER MARYLAND LAW.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 704

(House Bill 1529)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore City Charter Amendment - Collective

Bargaining and Interest Arbitration - Fire Fighters

and Emergency Rescue Personnel

FOR the purpose of providing modifying and amending Section (55)
of Article II of the Charter of Baltimore to provide
procedures for collective bargaining and interest
arbitration for certain fire fighters and emergency rescue
employees of Baltimore City and Baltimore County; providing
that a labor agreement reached between the parties is a
valid contract of the county for which the county is
required to provide funding, providing a term of years for

the length of a labor agreement; providing that the

bargaining representative may accept the last offer of the

chief executive or proceed to arbitration; providing

procedures for the selection of an arbitrator, for

prehearing proceedings, and for the arbitration hearing,
requiring the arbitrator issue a certain decision within
a certain length of time; permitting the parties to enter a
posthearing agreement; providing for the implementation of
the labor agreement; establishing the payment of costs and
mandatory time limits; establishing the location of and
public access to hearings or meetings of the parties;
requiring that all documents that relate to the proceedings
shall be public documents; defining certain terms; and
generally relating to collective bargaining and interest
arbitration for certain fire fighters and emergency rescue
employees of Baltimore City and Baltimore County.

BY adding to

Article 100 - Work; Labor and Employment