480                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                           [Ch. 19

The Public Local Laws of Allegany County
Section 64B to be under new subheading
"County Employee Relations"
Article 1 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1963 Edition and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 64B to be under new subheading
"County Employee Relations," be and it is hereby added to
the Public Local Laws of Allegany County being Article 1
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1963
Edition and 1973 Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 1
COUNTY EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

64B.

(A)  THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL ADOPT RULES AND
REGULATIONS SETTING FORTH A PROGRAM OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
AND PROVIDING FOR:

(1)     METHODS FOR DESIGNATING EMPLOYEE
ORGANIZATIONS AS EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES IN APPROPRIATE UNITS; AND

(2)  PROCEDURES FOR NEGOTIATING WITH RESPECT TO
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT; AND

(3)  SPECIFICATIONS OF THE RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES.

(B)   THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL ALSO NEGOTIATE
AND ENTER INTO COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENTS WITH
RESPECT TO WAGES, HOURS AND WORKING CONDITIONS WITH
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING EMPLOYEES OF THE
COUNTY.

(C)    (1) IF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DETERMINE FROM

THE FACTS THAT AN IMPASSE IS REACHED IN
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND AN
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION OR UPON THE REQUEST OF
THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, A PANEL SHALL BE
NAMED TO AID IN THE RESOLUTION OF DIFFERENCES.

(2)  THE PANEL SHALL CONTAIN THREE PERSONS, ONE
TO BE APPOINTED BY EACH PARTY WITHIN THREE
DAYS, AND THE THIRD TO BE SELECTED BY THE
OTHER TWO WITHIN TEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE
DETERMINATION OR REQUEST.

(3)   IF THE CONTROVERSY IS NOT OTHERWISE
RESOLVED, THE ARBITRATORS SHALL MAKE A WRITTEN
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS