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MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-310 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 3 - Collective Bargaining -- Police Officers|Section 16-310 - Funding of Collective Bargaining Agreements

    (a)    (1)    The economic provisions of a final collective bargaining agreement are subject to funding by the county councils of Montgomery County and Prince George’s County.        (2)    The Commission shall request funds in the Commission’s final budget from the county councils of Montgomery County and Prince George’s County for all economic provisions of a final collective bargaining agreement.    (b)    If the request for funds necessary to implement the collective bargaining agreement is reduced, modified, or rejected by the county councils of Montgomery County and Prince George’s County, the Commission or the exclusive representative, within 5 days after final budget action by the county councils, shall reopen the negotiated collective bargaining agreement and bargain with respect to the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement not approved by the county councils.    (c)    If a provision of a collective bargaining agreement is ruled invalid or is not funded by Montgomery County and Prince George’s County, the remainder of the collective bargaining agreement remains in effect unless reopened under subsection (b) of this section.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-312 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 3 - Collective Bargaining -- Police Officers|Section 16-312 - Prohibited Activities of Commission

    (a)    The Commission, its agents, or its representatives may not:        (1)    interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce, or discriminate against an employee in the exercise of the employee’s rights under this subtitle;        (2)    dominate, interfere with, or assist in the formation, administration, or existence of an employee organization or contribute financial or other support to an employee organization;        (3)    encourage or discourage membership in an employee organization by discriminating against the employee through hiring, tenure, promotion or demotion, or any term or condition of employment;        (4)    discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee because the employee has signed or filed an affidavit, petition, or complaint or given any information or testimony under this subtitle;        (5)    refuse to engage in collective bargaining in good faith with the exclusive representative of the bargaining unit as required by § 16–307(d)(2) of this subtitle; or        (6)    fail to comply with any provision of this subtitle.    (b)    Subsection (a)(2) of this section does not prohibit the Commission from allowing employees to negotiate or confer with an employee organization during work hours without loss of pay or time.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-313 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 3 - Collective Bargaining -- Police Officers|Section 16-313 - Prohibited Activities of Commission Employees or Employee Organization

    An employee or an employee organization or its agents or representatives may not:        (1)    interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce, or discriminate against an employee in the exercise of the employee’s rights under this subtitle;        (2)    cause or attempt to cause the Commission to discriminate against an employee in violation of § 16–312(a)(3) of this subtitle;        (3)    refuse to engage in collective bargaining in good faith with the Commission as required by § 16–307(d)(2) of this subtitle if the employee organization has been certified as the exclusive representative of employees in the bargaining unit in accordance with § 16–305 of this subtitle;        (4)    engage in a strike in violation of § 16–315(a) of this subtitle; or        (5)    fail to comply with any provision of this subtitle.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-314 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 3 - Collective Bargaining -- Police Officers|Section 16-314 - Rights of Employees

    (a)    Employees may:        (1)    form, join, or assist an employee organization;        (2)    bargain collectively through a representative that the employees have chosen;        (3)    engage in other lawful concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining; and        (4)    refrain from any of the activities described in this subsection.    (b)    (1)    An employee or group of employees in the bargaining unit may:            (i)    present to the Commission at any time a grievance arising under a collective bargaining agreement; and            (ii)    have the grievance adjusted without the intervention of the exclusive representative of the bargaining unit.        (2)    The Commission shall hear the grievance and participate in its adjustment.        (3)    An adjustment may not be inconsistent with the collective bargaining agreement.        (4)    The Commission shall give prompt notice of all adjustments to the exclusive representative.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-315 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 3 - Collective Bargaining -- Police Officers|Section 16-315 - Strikes

    (a)    Employees may not engage in a strike.    (b)    If a strike occurs, a court of competent jurisdiction may enjoin the strike on request of the Commission.    (c)    An employee may not receive compensation from the Commission while the employee is engaged in a strike.    (d)    (1)    If an employee organization certified as an exclusive representative engages in a strike, the Labor Commissioner shall revoke its certification.        (2)    An employee organization that is decertified under paragraph (1) of this subsection or any other employee organization that engages in a strike is ineligible to be certified as an exclusive representative for 1 year after the end of the strike.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-316 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 3 - Collective Bargaining -- Police Officers|Section 16-316 - Service Fees

    (a)    This subtitle does not preclude the Commission from entering into a collective bargaining agreement with an exclusive representative that requires an employee, as a condition of employment, to pay a maintenance or service fee as a contribution towards the cost of the negotiation and administration of the collective bargaining agreement.    (b)    A maintenance or service fee under subsection (a) of this section may not exceed the annual dues paid to the exclusive representative.    (c)    Before the Commission discharges an employee who fails to pay a maintenance or service fee, it shall give the employee:        (1)    written notice of the delinquent payment; and        (2)    adequate time to correct the delinquency.    (d)    If the Commission and an employee are unable to resolve any issue relating to the payment of a maintenance or service fee, the issue shall be submitted to an umpire in accordance with § 16–317 of this subtitle.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-318 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 3 - Collective Bargaining -- Police Officers|Section 16-318 - Expression of Viewpoint, Argument, or Opinion

    If the expression does not contain a threat of reprisal or force, a promise of benefit, or a misrepresentation of fact, an expression of any view, argument, or opinion, whether oral or in written, printed, graphic, or visual form, does not constitute an unfair labor practice under this subtitle.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 4 - Service Contracts|Section 16-401 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    (1)    “Adversely affect” means to:            (i)    eliminate more than two employee positions assigned to perform bargaining unit work if the positions are:                1.    authorized;                2.    fully funded; and                3.    A.    vacant for less than 90 days; or                B.    occupied at the time the Commission solicits a service contract; or            (ii)    permanently and involuntarily reduce:                1.    below the number of hours for regular full–time employment for more than five employees currently assigned to a regular full–time work schedule to perform bargaining unit work when the Commission solicits a service contract;                2.    the pay grade for more than five employees currently assigned to a regular full–time work schedule to perform bargaining unit work when the Commission solicits a service contract; or                3.    the base pay or fringe benefits otherwise applicable to a job classification covering more than five employees currently assigned on a full–time basis to perform bargaining unit work when the Commission solicits a service contract.        (2)    “Adversely affect” does not include an action the Commission takes in accordance with:            (i)    a bona fide disciplinary proceeding;            (ii)    an applicable collective bargaining agreement in accordance with Subtitle 2 of this title; or            (iii)    a reallocation or reassignment to another bargaining unit work or other duties that does not result in a change in job classification or grade.    (c)    “Bargaining unit work” means work duties assigned or allocated to a position occupied within the preceding 90 days by an employee who is represented by a certified representative.    (d)    “Certified representative” means an employee organization certified as an exclusive representative in accordance with Subtitle 2 of this title.    (e)    “Secretary–treasurer” means the secretary–treasurer of the Commission.    (f)    “Service contract” means a procurement contract for services that will be provided to the Commission.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 4 - Service Contracts|Section 16-403 - Certification of Compliance by Secretary-Treasurer

    Before the Commission solicits a service contract under this subtitle, the secretary–treasurer shall certify that the Commission has complied with §§ 16–404 and 16–405 of this subtitle.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 4 - Service Contracts|Section 16-404 - Analysis and Estimates by Commission

    (a)    The secretary–treasurer may not certify that the Commission complied with the requirements of this subtitle unless the Commission:        (1)    has taken steps to consider alternatives to the service contract, including reorganization, reevaluation of service, and reevaluation of performance;        (2)    has consulted with the certified representative of all employees of the Commission who will be adversely affected if the Commission enters into the service contract; and        (3)    has demonstrated, based on a cost comparison analysis and good faith estimates, that by entering into the service contract the Commission will save at least an amount equal to the lesser of $200,000 or 20% of the estimated net present value of the cost of the service contract.    (b)    The Commission shall estimate and compare at least the following in the cost comparison analysis:        (1)    direct costs, including fringe benefits and the assumption that the contractor will pay employees who perform work under the service contract at the lesser of the labor rate established as the county living wage rate for Montgomery County or Prince George’s County;        (2)    indirect overhead costs properly allocable to the bargaining unit work or service contract according to generally accepted accounting principles; and        (3)    costs associated with unemployment compensation or outplacement assistance for displaced employees.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 4 - Service Contracts|Section 16-405 - Plan of Outplacement Assistance

    (a)    The Commission shall provide at least 60 days’ advance notice, and maintain at all times a formal plan of outplacement assistance, for each employee of the Commission who is represented by a certified representative and will be adversely affected by a service contract that is subject to this subtitle.    (b)    A plan described in subsection (a) of this section shall include:        (1)    efforts to transfer or place each adversely affected employee of the Commission in a vacant position of the Commission that the employee is qualified to perform;        (2)    inclusion of a requirement in the service contract that the contractor shall:            (i)    notify the Commission of each vacant position for which displaced employees of the Commission may apply; and            (ii)    consider and give preference to hiring displaced employees of the Commission; and        (3)    written notification of the anticipated adverse effect on one or more job classifications to the certified representative at least 90 days before the anticipated adverse effect will occur.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 4 - Service Contracts|Section 16-406 - Proposal for Savings by Certified Representative

    The certified representative of an adversely affected employee of the Commission may submit a proposal for existing bargaining unit employees to continue performing the services described in a solicitation while achieving the targeted savings.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 4 - Service Contracts|Section 16-407 - Failure to Comply With Subtitle

    (a)    If the Commission fails to comply with this subtitle and an employee of the Commission is adversely affected, the certified representative of the employee may file an appeal on the record on behalf of the employee before the State Office of Administrative Hearings in accordance with the contested case provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.    (b)    (1)    If the administrative law judge finds that the Commission was arbitrary and capricious in soliciting or entering into a service contract that is subject to this subtitle, and the employee of the Commission has been adversely affected, the administrative law judge may award the employee actual damages for back pay and front pay for a combined period of up to 2 years beginning on the date the employee was first adversely affected.        (2)    The employee is obligated to mitigate the actual damages.        (3)    An award of actual damages authorized under this subsection shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for a violation of this subtitle that is available to the employee, and liability may not accrue for punitive damages, consequential damages, or damages for emotional distress or pain and suffering.    (c)    Noncompliance with this subtitle may not invalidate a contract award or proposed contract award that the Commission has otherwise validly awarded or issued.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 5 - Prince George's County Parks and Recreation Employees|Section 16-501 - "Full-Time Park Employee" Defined

    In this subtitle, “full–time park employee” means an individual employed by the county Parks and Recreation Department who:        (1)    works at least 37.5 hours each week, excluding Commission holidays; and        (2)    has been employed by the Department for more than 1 year without interruption.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 5 - Prince George's County Parks and Recreation Employees|Section 16-502 - Scope of Subtitle

    This subtitle applies only in Prince George’s County.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 5 - Prince George's County Parks and Recreation Employees|Section 16-503 - Coordinator

    The county planning board shall designate a director to coordinate its county recreation program with the Commission’s park functions.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 5 - Prince George's County Parks and Recreation Employees|Section 16-504 - Personnel -- Generally

    The county planning board shall employ full–time park employees and part–time employees as necessary to carry out the functions and programs of Title 25, Subtitle 8 of this article.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 5 - Prince George's County Parks and Recreation Employees|Section 16-505 - Full-Time Park Employees

    (a)    The county planning board shall employ full–time park employees under the Commission’s merit system, as provided in Subtitle 1 of this title.    (b)    Full–time park employees shall receive the same employment benefits that other employees receive under the Commission’s merit system, including:        (1)    annual leave;        (2)    sick leave;        (3)    health benefits; and        (4)    retirement benefits.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-506 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 5 - Prince George's County Parks and Recreation Employees|Section 16-506 - Part-Time and Temporary Employees; Volunteers

    (a)    The county planning board may employ part–time or temporary employees for a period of time and at a salary as the county planning board may determine.    (b)    The county planning board may accept the services of volunteers without compensation.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 5 - Prince George's County Parks and Recreation Employees|Section 16-507 - Employees Employed on July 1, 1970

    (a)    Employees employed by the recreation department on July 1, 1970, who are employed under the county merit system shall be employed by the Commission:        (1)    to further the functions and programs of Title 25, Subtitle 8 of this article;        (2)    in a position classification that the county planning board may establish; and        (3)    at a pay grade not less than that held by the employee under the county merit system.    (b)    Employees transferred to the Commission under this subtitle shall be given credit for sick and annual leave accrued under the county merit system and for any other benefits, privileges, and rights accrued while employed by the county.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  16-508 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 16 - Employment|Subtitle 5 - Prince George's County Parks and Recreation Employees|Section 16-508 - Regulations

    The county planning board may adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  17-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 17 - Powers and Property|Subtitle 2 - Use of Property|Section 17-201 - Land Held for General Benefit

    (a)    The State or the Commission, as appropriate, shall hold any land acquired under this division to which it takes title:        (1)    for the general benefit of the residents of the State; and        (2)    especially for the benefit of the residents in the metropolitan district.    (b)    Without the approval of the Commission by resolution:        (1)    title to the land may not be conveyed by the State; or        (2)    public use may not be terminated.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  17-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 17 - Powers and Property|Subtitle 2 - Use of Property|Section 17-202 - Police Powers of State, Counties, and Municipal Corporations

    (a)    This division does not limit the police power of the State, either county, or any municipal corporation where any park, road, or public space is located.    (b)    The concurrent police power of a municipal corporation extends only to areas located within its boundaries for purposes of this division.
MD. Land Use Code Ann. §  17-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Land Use|Division II - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission|Title 17 - Powers and Property|Subtitle 2 - Use of Property|Section 17-203 - Tax Exemption for Property Acquired

    (a)    All property acquired by the Commission for any purpose specified in this subtitle and Subtitle 1 of this title is exempt from State, county, and municipal taxes.    (b)    All land dedicated to the Commission in accordance with county subdivision regulations is property acquired by the Commission within the meaning of this section.