employee organization to execute a collective bargaining agreement; authorizing
and requiring that a collective bargaining agreement include certain provisions;
requiring a collective bargaining agreement to be effective upon a certain
approval; requiring the Commission to include adequate funding to carry out an
agreement in its proposed operating budget; allowing the Commission and an
employee organization to reopen an agreement within a certain period if the
Commission's budget is funded inadequately; granting the Commission, a
certified employee organization, and certain employees of the Commission
certain rights; prohibiting certain actions; establishing unfair labor practice
procedures; defining certain terms; and generally relating to collective
bargaining and labor relations matters involving the Housing Opportunities
Commission of Montgomery County.

BY adding to

Article 44A - Housing Authorities
Section 2-106

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

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

Article 44A - Housing Authorities

2-106.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(2) "CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE" MEANS AN EMPLOYEE WHO ASSISTS OR
ACTS IN A CONFIDENTIAL CAPACITY WITH RESPECT TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
FORMULATES, DETERMINES, OR EFFECTUATES MANAGEMENT POLICIES IN THE
FIELD OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.

(3) "PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE" MEANS A COMMISSION MERIT SYSTEM
EMPLOYEE DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE EMPLOYEE'S INITIAL PROBATIONARY
PERIOD FOLLOWING EMPLOYMENT.

(B) THE RIGHTS GRANTED TO COMMISSION MERIT SYSTEM EMPLOYEES
UNDER THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO:

(1) ATTORNEYS IN THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE;

(2) CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES;

(3) PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES; OR

(4) SUPERVISORS, AS DEFINED IN § 2(11) OF THE NATIONAL LABOR
RELATIONS ACT.

(C) (1) COMMISSION EMPLOYEES ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO BARGAINING
UNITS THAT CONSIST OF: