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Ch. 635 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
B. SELECT A LABOR ORGANIZATION AS THEIR EXCLUSIVE
REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATION UNIT:
C. ENGAGE IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH THE
SHERIFF, OR THE SHERIFF'S DESIGNEE, BALTIMORE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION. OR
ITS DESIGNEE. CONCERNING WAGES AND BENEFITS, NOT REGULATED BY THE
SHERIFF, THROUGH A LABOR ORGANIZATION CERTIFIED AS THEIR EXCLUSIVE
REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATION UNIT;
D. SUBJECT TO SUBSUBPARAGRAPH 2 OF THIS
SUBPARAGRAPH, ENTER INTO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, THROUGH
THEIR EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATION UNIT, COVERING THOSE
WAGES AND BENEFITS NOT REGULATED BY THE SHERIFF; AND
E. DECERTIFY A LABOR ORGANIZATION AS THEIR
EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATION UNIT.
2. ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF A
NEGOTIATED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
APPROVAL BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
(III) 1. A LABOR ORGANIZATION SHALL BE DEEMED CERTIFIED
AS AN EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATION UNIT IF THE FOLLOWING
CONDITIONS ARE MET:
A. A PETITION FOR THE LABOR ORGANIZATION TO BE
RECOGNIZED BY THE SHERIFF BALTIMORE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION IS SIGNED BY
AT LEAST 51% OF THE DEPUTY SHERIFFS AT THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT AND BELOW
INDICATING THEIR DESIRE TO BE EXCLUSIVELY REPRESENTED BY THE PETITIONER
FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING; AND
B. THE PETITION IS SUBMITTED TO THE SHERIFF
BALTIMORE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION.
2. IF THE SHERIFF BALTIMORE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
DOES NOT CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OF THE PETITION WITHIN 10 CALENDAR DAYS
FOLLOWING THE RECEIPT OF THE PETITION, THE LABOR ORGANIZATION SHALL BE
DEEMED CERTIFIED AS THE EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATION UNIT.
3. IF THE SHERIFF BALTIMORE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CHALLENGES THE VALIDITY OF THE PETITION, THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION
ASSOCIATION SHALL BE REQUESTED TO APPOINT A THIRD-PARTY NEUTRAL TO
CONDUCT AN ELECTION AND TO CERTIFY WHETHER THE LABOR ORGANIZATION HAS
BEEN SELECTED AS THE EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATION UNIT BY A
MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST IN THE ELECTION.
4. THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMERICAN
ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION AND THE THIRD-PARTY NEUTRAL SHALL BE SHARED
EQUALLY BY THE PARTIES.
(IV) 1. FOLLOWING CERTIFICATION OF AN EXCLUSIVE
REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATION UNIT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF
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