196                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                            Ch. 22

(1)    NO OTHER EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION CERTIFIES
THAT IT HAS A MEMBERSHIP ENROLLMENT OF AT LEAST 10 PERCENT
OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES IN THE UNIT;

(2)   THE CERTIFIED EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT
REQUEST AN ELECTION UNDER SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION;
AND

(3)    THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION CERTIFIES THAT IT
HAS A MEMBERSHIP ENROLLMENT OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL EMPLOYEES IN THE UNIT IN THE COUNTY.

(F) RULES AND REGULATIONS; ELECTIONS.

(1) THE STATE BOARD SHALL ADOPT RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR:

(I)    VERIFYING THE NUMBER OF CERTIFICATED
EMPLOYEES OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER OR INDIVIDUALS OF
EQUIVALENT STATUS IN BALTIMORE CITY WHO ARE MEMBERS IN GOOD
STANDING OF AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION ON THE DATE OF THE
CERTIFICATION OR WHO HAVE SIGNED A PETITION UNDER THIS
SECTION; AND

(II) HOLDING ELECTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION AND
THE CERTIFICATION OF THEIR RESULTS.

(2)    THE STATE BOARD SHALL PROVIDE FOR
SUPERVISION OF THESE ELECTIONS.

(3)   THE ELECTIONS SHALL BE HELD:

(I)     IN EACH SCHOOL FACILITY WHERE PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES ARE ASSIGNED ON A REGULARLY SCHEDULED SCHOOL DAY;

(II)    IN A MANNER ASSURING THE SECRECY OF THE
BALLOT; AND

(III)   ON A REGULAR WORKING DAY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES, BETWEEN JUNE 1 AND JUNE 15, INCLUSIVE, EXCEPT IN
BALTIMORE CITY WHERE THE ELECTIONS SHALL BE HELD BETWEEN
NOVEMBER 1 AND NOVEMBER 15 FOLLOWING THE DATE ON WHICH
CERTIFICATION OF REQUIRED MEMBERSHIP ENROLLMENT IS MADE.

(4)   IN ANY ELECTION HELD UNDER THIS SECTION, THE
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVES THE LARGEST NUMBER OF
VOTES CAST IN A UNIT SHALL BE DECLARED TO BE THE EXCLUSIVE
REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES IN THE UNIT.
IF THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE ELECTION IS CAST NOT
TO HAVE EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION, A REPRESENTATIVE MAY NOT
BE DESIGNATED FOR THE UNIT.

(5)   THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER SHALL PROVIDE ANY
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED IN HOLDING THE ELECTIONS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
77, §160(e).