Ch. 424

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

for the appointment of a labor relations administrator; providing for the release
of certain employee records under certain circumstances requiring the labor
relations administrator to provide, and the Commission to post, certain notice of
certain elections at a certain time; requiring the labor relations administrator to
obtain certain employee information from the Commission under certain
circumstances; establishing procedures for the certification of an exclusive
representative; establishing procedures for resolving disputes concerning
eligibility of employees in bargaining units; requiring the Commission and a
certified employee organization to engage in good faith collective bargaining in
regard to certain subjects of bargaining; requiring that collective bargaining
between the Commission and the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit
for Commission employees begin not later each year than a certain date and end
not later than a certain date; establishing a procedure for resolving a
negotiability dispute; prohibiting certain pension and retirement benefits from
being subject to binding arbitration and from requiring the Commission to offer
more than one pension plan; requiring the Commission to engage in collective
bargaining with all exclusive representatives at the same time about certain
pension and other retirement benefits under certain circumstances; establishing
procedures requiring the appointment of a mediator-arbitrator and binding
arbitration when there is an impasse; setting certain deadlines; requiring the
mediator-arbitrator to take certain actions in determining a final reasonable
offer; requiring the mediator-arbitrator to direct the parties to submit certain
memoranda outlining previous offers and agreements and hold a nonpublic
hearing to consider the proposals submitted by the parties; limiting providing
the items which the mediator-arbitrator may consider in selecting a final offer;
prohibiting the arbitrator from compromising or altering the final offer selected;
providing that the parties need not ratify, but must execute, the final offer;
requiring the Commission to request funds for all economic provisions of the
final agreement in the Commission's final budget; requiring the parties to
reopen negotiations if the county councils do not fund all provisions of the final
agreement; providing for the treatment of the final offer; requiring the parties to
share equally in paying the costs of arbitration; granting the Commission, a
certified employee organization, and certain employees of the Commission
certain rights; repealing a provision which sets a maximum increase in
compensation for certain employees in the Commission budget; prohibiting
certain actions; establishing unfair labor practice procedures; defining certain
terms; providing for the application and construction of this Act; and generally
relating to collective bargaining, binding arbitration, and labor relations
matters involving the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.

BY adding to

Article 29 - Washington Suburban Sanitary District

Section 11.5-101 through 11.5-114 to be under the new title "Title 11.5.

Collective Bargaining"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing

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