WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 9
Article - Transportation

6-102.

(F) IN ORDER TO MEET INCREASED COMPETITION FROM OTHER
STATES' PORTS THAT ARE OPERATED WITH PUBLIC FUNDS EITHER
DIRECTLY AS STATE AGENCIES OR INDIRECTLY AS PRIVATE OPERATING
COMPANIES, THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY,
SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION, TO OPERATE PUBLIC PORT
FACILITIES EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN THE FORM AND
MANNER THAT THE COMMISSION DEEMS NECESSARY.

6-204.

(i) The Administration may acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate,
improve, maintain, lease as lessor or as lessee, repair, and operate EITHER
DIRECTLY OR THROUGH STATE CREATED PRIVATE OPERATING
COMPANIES port facilities within its territorial jurisdiction, including the dredging of
ship channels and turning basins and the filling and grading of land.

(Q) (1) THE ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
COMMISSION, MAY CREATE PRIVATE OPERATING COMPANIES FOR THE
PURPOSE OF OPERATING PUBLIC PORT FACILITIES.

(2) EMPLOYEES OF A PRIVATE OPERATING COMPANY
CREATED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION ARE NOT STATE EMPLOYEES.

6-204. 1.

THE ADMINISTRATION, OR WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
ADMINISTRATION, A PRIVATE OPERATING COMPANY CREATED UNDER §
6-204(Q) OF THIS SUBTITLE MAY:

(1) UPON ITS OWN TERMS AND CONDITIONS DETERMINE AN
APPROPRIATE OPERATIONAL UNIT OF EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN THE
OPERATION OF PORT FACILITIES FOR PURPOSES OF COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING;

(2) UPON ITS OWN TERMS AND CONDITIONS ACCREDIT AND
RECOGNIZE A LABOR ORGANIZATION AS THE EXCLUSIVE
REPRESENTATIVE OF A MAJORITY OF EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED IN THE
APPROPRIATE OPERATIONAL UNIT AS DETERMINED UNDER ITEM (1) OF
THIS SECTION; AND

(3) BARGAIN WITH AND ENTER INTO WRITTEN COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS CONCERNING WAGES OR SALARIES, HOURS,
BENEFITS, AND WORKING CONDITIONS WITH THE LABOR
ORGANIZATION ACCREDITED AND RECOGNIZED UNDER ITEM (2) OF
THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an

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