BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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6-504. EMPLOYEES MAY REFUSE TO JOIN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS;
SERVICE FEES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY; "AGENCY SHOP" IN PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY.

(A)       REFUSAL TO JOIN.

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

(B)   MONTGOMERY COUNTY SERVICE FEES.

IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE COUNTY BOARD, WITH RESPECT TO
NONCERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES, SHALL NEGOTIATE A STRUCTURE OF
REASONABLE SERVICE FEES TO BE CHARGED NONMEMBERS FOR
REPRESENTATION IN NEGOTIATIONS AND GRIEVANCE MATTERS BY
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS.

(C)       PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY "AGENCY SHOP".

IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, THE COUNTY BOARD SHALL
NEGOTIATE AN ORGANIZATIONAL SECURITY PROVISION, COMMONLY
KNOWN AS "AGENCY SHOP", WITH EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS.

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

The only changes are in style.

6-505. DESIGNATION OF EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE FOR
EMPLOYEES; SPECIFIC UNITS.

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

EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER MAY 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)   THREE UNIT LIMIT FOR EACH COUNTY.

(1) THERE MAY NOT BE MORE THAN THREE UNITS IN A
COUNTY AND A UNIT MAY NOT INCLUDE BOTH SUPERVISORY AND
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES.

(2) IF A COUNTY HAS MORE THAN THREE RECOGNIZED
UNITS AND, AS OF JULY 1, 1974, THE UNITS HAVE EXCLUSIVE
REPRESENTATION FOR COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION, THESE UNITS MAY
CONTINUE AS NEGOTIATING UNITS.