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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

PERSONAL CONCERN TO THE ATTENTION OF APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS, CD FROM CHOOSING HIS OWN REPRESENTATIVE IN
A GRIEVANCE OR APPELLATE ACTION.

SECTION 1-257 - DECERTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATIONS

(A)   (1) A DECERTIFICATION PETITION ALLEGING THAT
A CERTIFIED EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION IS NO LONGER THE
MAJORITY REPRESENTATIVE OF EMPLOYEES IN AN APPROPRIATE
REPRESENTATION UNIT MAY BE FILED WITH THE PERSONNEL
OFFICER BY AN EMPLOYEE, A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES OR THEIR
REPRESENTATIVE, OR AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION. SUCH
PETITION MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY WRITTEN PROOF, DATED
WITHIN SIX (6) MONTHS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THE
PETITION IS FILED, OF EMPLOYEE APPROVAL EQUAL TO AT
LEAST THIRTY PERCENT (30%) OF THE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE
REPRESENTATION UNIT.

(2)   SUCH A PETITION MAY BE RECEIVED BY THE
PERSONNEL OFFICER ONLY DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER OF
EACH YEAR FOLLOWING THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF EXCLUSIVE
REPRESENTATION; AND NO DECERTIFICATION PETITION FOR
THE SAME REPRESENTATION UNIT SHALL BE RECEIVED MORE
FREQUENTLY THAN EVERY TWO (2) YEARS. THE PERSONNEL
OFFICER SHALL ARRANGE FOR A SECRET BALLOT ELECTION TO
BE CONDUCTED BY THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF
LICENSING AND REGULATION, DIVISION OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRY, IN WHICH THE EMPLOYEES IN SUCH
REPRESENTATION UNIT SHALL BE OFFERED A CHOICE BETWEEN
EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION BY THE CERTIFIED EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATION OR NO EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION. PROVIDED
HOWEVER, THAT IF AN INTERVENOR EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION
OR ORGANIZATIONS COMPLY FULLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
SET FORTH IN SECTION 1-255 HEREOF, THEN THE BALLOT
SHALL OFFER A CHOICE AMONG THE CERTIFIED EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATION, ANY INTERVENOR EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, OR
OF NO EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION.

(3)   THE DETERMINATION OF ELECTION RESULTS
SHALL BE HADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA PROVIDED
IN SECTION 1-255 (D) OF THIS ARTICLE. IN THE ABSENCE
OF DECERTIFICATION, THE CERTIFICATION OF A RECOGNIZED
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION SHALL CONTINUE ON A YEAR TO YEAR
BASIS.

(B)  WHEN A VALID MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT IS IN
EFFECT ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECERTIFICATION OF AN
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION WHICH IS A PARTY THERETO, THE
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, AND THE NEWLY CERTIFIED