WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                      Ch. 11

sufficient in number to affect the results of the election.
Copies of such objections shall immediately be served upon each
of the other parties by the party filing them, and proof of
service shall be made to the [Department] DIVISION of Labor and
Industry.

(c) If objections are filed to the conduct of the election
or conduct affecting the result of the election, or if the
challenged ballots are sufficient in number to affect the result
of the election, the Commissioner or his duly authorized
representatives shall investigate such objections, challenges or
both, and shall prepare and cause to be served upon the parties a
report on challenged ballots, objections, or both, including
recommendations. Within ten days from the date of issuance of
the report on challenged ballots, objections, or both any party
may file with the [Department] DIVISION of Labor AND INDUSTRY,
four copies of exceptions to such report. Immediately upon the
filing of such exceptions, the party filing the same shall serve
a copy thereof upon each of the other parties. Proof of service
shall be made to the [Department] DIVISION of Labor and Industry.
If no exceptions are filed to such report, the Commissioner or
his duly authorized representatives, upon the expiration of the
period for filing such exceptions, may decide the matter
forthwith upon the record or may make other disposition of the
case.

(f) The Commissioner of the [Department] DIVISION of Labor
and Industry is empowered to adopt such rules and regulations of
procedure as may be necessary for the carrying out of the
provisions of this section and § 12 of this article, such rules
and regulations of procedure to conform as nearly as practical to
the rules and regulations of procedure of the federal National
Labor Relations Board applicable to the holding of consent
elections, intervention and decertification.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This corrects outdated references in
Article 89 §§ 10 and 13(a), (c), and (f).

The Department of Labor and Industry became a division
of the Department of License and Regulation in Ch. 402
of the Acts of 1970.

The outdated references were noted by the Computer
Division of the Department of Legislative Reference
and by the professional staff of the Legislative
Division of the Department of Legislative Reference.

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(c) Any independent contractor or employer to whom
information is not supplied under subsections (a) and (b) of this
section may obtain a chemical information list or material safety

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