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(b) Where a lawful collective bargaining con - tract exists, a petition for a representation elec� tion shall be. filed not more ' than ninety (90) days and not less than sixty (6o) days before the normal start of negotia - zl: ions. - except that ■ if the Contract is for more than two years, the petition for election - may be 'filed . any time more than two years after the effective date of- the contract ,� but not later than sixty (60) days prior to she start of negotiations. (4) A bargaining" agent certi f ied under this code is the exc representative of the employees of the bargaining unit for* the purposes of collective bargaining . Neverthe -less ■ any agree t entered into involving union security including a fair share agreement, 'shall q safeguard the rig hts of non_ asso -� 9 clation of an employee, based on bona _fide religious tenets or teachings of a church or religious body of which the employee is a r . The employee shall pay.an amount mutually agreed to but not to. exceed. union dues and initiation fees and assess -w rir:nts , if any, to - a non religious charity or to another charit able organization mutually agreed upon by the employee affected and the representative of the bargaining agent to which the em''. ployee would otherwise be required to pay due-a. The employee shall . furnish written. - proof to the city that the payment has been made. . (5) No - agreement may be reached. compelling union mem- bership: . 2.a888 Labor - Mena ement relations -- - co 1 lective Bar gaining Pro-" ce res. i The city and the bar ainin agent shall l . y g g� g provide for and make every reasonable' effort to conclude negotiations, includ- ing provisions for an effective date, a reopening � g - date, and an expiration date, - at a time to coincide with the period during which the budget committee and city council decide on , the operat -- ing budget the city. The process of collective bargaining shall begin on or about November 1 5th in the last year of an agreement and . shal l normally conclude prior to the official adop- t i on of the budget by the city count i 1.40 (2) I f °after a reasonable, mutually agreed to period of negotiations, no agreement has been reached, either or both parties may r factfinding under this section. A "reasonable pe riod Y q Pe of negotiations" may not ekceed ninety (98) days unless the issues under negotiation are mutually determined to , be of such complexity that they cannot be resolved within such l imits* or,. in the. in- stance of negotiating an. initial bargaining agreement between the city and a bargaining agent, time . l ins .its may extend beyond the ninety (90) day period 'to allow time for a full ag reement to be developed between the partl es . , T n the i of an initial agreement between the city and a bargaining agent, mutual agree- ! vent on the period of negotiations shawl l be stipulated. in the bargaining round rules . g g g . I