Proposed Amendments to Existing Regulations

The following regulations are proposed to be submitted for public notice and comment at the SHELRB meeting on September 27, 2007. 
Note: cross-outs are deletions; italics are additions 

14.30.05 Elections 
Authority: State Personnel and Pensions Article, §§3-2A-05 – 3-2A-07,
Annotated Code of Maryland 

.03 Election Procedure. 

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5. E.    Pre-election conference attendance shall be limited to: 
   1. 1.    The Executive Director and up to two Board staff members
   2. 2.    Three (3) representatives for each election process participant.

.09-1 Tally of Ballots. 

1. Ballots shall be counted at a place and time prescribed by the Board Executive Director, or his or her designee, and shall be open to the public viewing.
2. The Executive Director, or his or her designee, shall undertake the counting of the ballots. Present at the table, with the Executive Director, or his or her designee, for the official tally of the ballots, shall be:

Counting of ballots shall be done in the presence of:

(1) The Executive Director of the Board, or the Executive Director’s designee; 

(2) (1) An additional Board staff observer; 

(3) (2) One observer from each party to the election; and 

(4) (3) One observer from the employer/institution.

14.30.07 Unfair Labor Practices 

Authority: State Personnel and Pensions Article, §§3-2A-05 – 3-2A-07, 
Annotated Code of Maryland 

.02 Unfair Labor Practices— Employee Organizations

1. Except as provided in §B of this regulation, the following acts by an employee organization, or its agents, are unfair labor practices:

A. (1) E. (5) (text unchanged) 

Where statutory language addresses issues in this chapter, the statutory provisions shall take precedence over this chapter.