§ 16-212

(a) The Commission shall include in its annual proposed operating budget submitted to the county executives of Montgomery County and Prince George’s County adequate funding to carry out a collective bargaining agreement.

(b) Unless the Montgomery County Council and Prince George’s County Council approve the Commission’s budget so as to approve the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, the Commission and the employee organization, within 5 days after the annual joint county council budget meeting under § 18–106 of this article, shall reopen the negotiated agreement and bargain with respect to the provisions of the 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 or Prince George’s County, the remainder of the agreement remains in effect unless reopened under subsection (b) of this section.