(a) This Article supersedes any law, executive order, rule, or regulation adopted by the County or any County department or agency which is inconsistent with this Article.
(b) Any executive order, rule, or regulation of the County or any County department or agency which regulates any subject that is bargainable under this Article is not superseded or modified by a collective bargaining agreement negotiated under this Article, except to the extent that the application of the order, rule, or regulation is inconsistent with the collective bargaining agreement.
(c) However, if the inconsistent order, rule, or regulation is subject to and has received County Council approval, a collective bargaining agreement does not supersede or modify it unless:
(1) the order, rule, or regulation was expressly identified to the Council by the parties before the Council reviewed the collective bargaining agreement, as required by Section 33-153(l), and the Council did not reject the inconsistent term or condition of the collective bargaining agreement under Section 33-153(n); or
(2) the Council repeals or modifies the order, rule, or regulation. (1996 L.M.C., ch. 21, § 1.)
Editor’s note--Sections 33-147, 33-153, 33-154, 33-155 & 33-157 are cited, and Sections 33-153(k), 33-153(l) and 33-154(a)(8) are quoted, in Montgomery County Career Firefighters Association v. Montgomery County, 210 Md. App. 200, 62 A.3d 287 (2013).