HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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CHAPTER 572

(Senate Bill 892)

AN ACT concerning

Mass Transit - Labor Relations - Collective Bargaining

FOR the purpose of repealing a provision authorizing the Mass
Transit Administration to deal with and make certain
contracts with certain representatives of certain employees
of the Administration; requiring the Mass Transit
Administration to bargain collectively and enter into
certain collective bargaining agreements with certain
representatives of certain employees; authorizing management
to provide certain cost of living adjustments in a
collective bargaining agreement within a certain limitation;
defining certain terms; and generally relating to requiring
the Mass Transit Administration to bargain collectively and
enter into collective bargaining agreements with certain
representatives of certain employees.

BY repealing

Article - Transportation

Section 7-601

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Transportation

Section 7-601

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

[7-601.

The Administration may deal with and make written contracts
as to wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and pension and
retirement provisions with the accredited representatives of the
employees who form part of any operating company that the
Administration acquires, including the representative of any
labor organization authorized to act for those employees.]

7-601.