CHAPTER 298
(House Bill 179)

AN ACT concerning

State Employees - Collective Bargaining

FOR the purpose of establishing collective bargaining rights for certain State
employees; specifying which State employees are not eligible to participate in
the collective bargaining process; establishing a State Labor Relations Board;
specifying the manner of appointment, membership, duties, and responsibilities
of the Board; providing for staffing of the Board; authorizing the Board
Secretary of Budget and Management to adopt and enforce certain regulations,
guidelines, and policies; specifying that the provisions of this Act may not limit
or interfere with the certain powers of the General Assembly; providing that
certain information furnished to the Board is confidential; permitting the Board
to petition a circuit court to seek enforcement of an order of the Board;
establishing the respective rights of employees and employers; prohibiting
strikes, lockouts, and. unfair labor practices; providing for election and
certification of exclusive representatives of bargaining units; specifying certain
contents of a collective bargaining agreement memorandum of understanding;
authorizing the imposition of certain service fees in a collective bargaining
agreement under certain circumstances; excluding certain employees from
certain disciplinary actions under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to
acknowledge certain bargaining units and exclusive representatives; providing
that provisions of this Act are severable; repealing the requirement to establish
employee/management teams; defining certain terms; providing that certain
definitions shall remain in effect until a certain time; requiring prohibiting the
Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland to establish and
implement from establishing or implementing a certain collective bargaining
plan; requiring certain reports providing that a certain provision of law
supersedes another provision of law relating to the requirement for the
establishment and implementation of a certain collective bargaining plan;
reserving the right of the General Assembly to make certain changes or
modifications in law with regard to subjects of a certain memorandum of
understanding regardless of whether the changes or modifications would be
effective during the term of the memorandum of understanding; prohibiting
collective bargaining from including certain negotiations relating to certain
service fees; and generally relating to collective bargaining for State employees.

BY repealing

Article - State Personnel and Pensions

Section 3-101 through 3-107, inclusive, and the title "Title 3.
Employee/Management Teams"

Annotated Code of Maryland