PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 689

(i) is engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and
regularly receives more than $30 each month in tips;

(ii) has been informed by the employer about the provisions of this
section; and

(iii) has kept all of the tips that the employee received.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(iii) of this subsection, this section does
not prohibit the pooling of tips.

(b)     Subject to the limitations in this section, an employer may include, as part of
the wage of an employee to whom this section applies:

(1)     an amount that the employer sets to represent the tips of the employee;
or

(2)     if the employee or representative of the employee satisfies the
Commissioner that the employee received a lesser amount in tips, the lesser amount.

(c)     The amount included under this section in the wage of an employee may not
exceed [50% of the minimum wage under this subtitle] THE AMOUNT PERMITTED
UNDER THE FEDERAL ACT for the employee THE TIP CREDIT AMOUNT THAT THE
EMPLOYER MAY INCLUDE UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT
EXCEED $2.77.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July September 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 689
(House Bill 740)

AN ACT concerning

Washington County - Code of Public Local Laws—Publication Collective Bargaining

FOR the purpose of repealing a limit on the frequency for the publication of a new
edition or supplement of the "Washington County Code of Public Local Laws; and
authorizing a supplement or new edition to be published as often as establishing
certain procedures by which the County Commissioners of Washington County deem
necessary are required to negotiate wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of
employment with representatives elected by certain employees of the County; providing
for the rights of County employees in connection with the procedures; providing for
certain rights, duties, and obligations of the County Commissioners; making it unlawful
for certain persons to engage in, induce, initiate, or ratify a strike by County employees;
providing for certain penalties; providing for the appointment of certain neutral persons
under certain circumstances; specifying certain actions as unfair labor practices subject
to certain procedures; requiring certain exclusive representatives to keep certain records;

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