§ 16-316. Service fees.

   (a) Authorized as condition of employment. -- 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) Amount of fee. -- A maintenance or service fee under subsection (a) of this section may not exceed the annual dues paid to the exclusive representative.

(c) Discharge of employee. -- 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) Disputes about fee. -- 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.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 28, § 5-114.1(j); 2012, ch. 426, § 2.