ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 424

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Montgomery County

Section 70-3(c)

Article 16 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1997 Edition and October 2002 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article 16 - Montgomery County

70-3.

(c) The members and officers of the Oakmont Citizens' Committee shall be
compensated for their services in an amount determined by the committee[, but each
not to receive more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) per year]. Any change in such
compensation is not effective until the qualified voters of Oakmont have been given
an opportunity to vote thereon and the change has been approved by a majority of the
votes cast.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to Article III,
Section 35 of the Constitution of Maryland, this Act may not be construed to extend or
apply to the salary or compensation of the members of the Oakmont Citizens'
Committee in office on the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act
concerning the removal of the limitation on the maximum amount of salary or
compensation of the members of the Oakmont Citizens' Committee shall take effect at
the beginning of the next following term of office.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2003.

Approved May 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 424
(House Bill 383)

AN ACT concerning

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Collective Bargaining and

Binding Arbitration

MC/PG 109-03

FOR the purpose of establishing collective bargaining rights for certain employees of
the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission; establishing certain
bargaining units; requiring the negotiation of a single contract with an employee
organization under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to
recognize an employee organization certified as exclusive representative;
imposing certain requirements on a certified employee organization; providing

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