HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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end all the provisions of this Act are declared to be

severable.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act

shall take effect July 1, 1983.

FOR the purpose of providing that certain provisions shall
govern labor relations and collective bargaining
between the city of Baltimore and employees of the
Baltimore City Police Department; making certain
modifications and exceptions; providing that this Act
shall not affect the terms of certain agreements and
understandings; providing for the status of certain
agreements and understandings; making provisions of
this Act severable; and providing that this Act shall
be construed in a certain manner.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Baltimore City
Section 16-8A

Article 4 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1979 Edition, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Baltimore City read(s) as follows:

Article 16 - Police Department

16-8A.

(A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 119 THROUGH 136 OF ARTICLE 1 OF THE
BALTIMORE CITY CODE (1976 EDITION) AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO
TIME, AND ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT
THERETO, GOVERNING OR RELATING TO LABOR RELATIONS OR
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH GENERAL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES OF
BALTIMORE CITY SHALL APPLY TO LABOR RELATIONS AND COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE EMPLOYEES OF THE
BALTIMORE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

(B) (1) NEGOTIATIONS WITH A CERTIFIED EXCLUSIVE
REPRESENTATIVE OF POLICE OFFICERS SHALL BE CONDUCTED JOINTLY
BY THE POLICE COMMISSIONER OF BALTIMORE CITY AND THE LABOR
COMMISSIONER, OR THEIR DESIGNEES, ON BEHALF OF THE EMPLOYER.

(2) AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION MAY NOT BE DENIED
CERTIFICATION AS THE EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY POLICE
OFFICERS SOLELY FOR THE REASON THAT IT:

(I) ADMITS TO MEMBERSHIP RANK AND FILE
EMPLOYEES IN ADDITION TO SUPERVISORY AND/OR PROFESSIONAL
EMPLOYEES; OR