California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 3 - Public Employment Relations Board
Chapter 6 - Representation Proceedings Under Public Utilities Code Transit District Acts
Subchapter 2 - Representation Procedures Under the los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Employer-Employee Relations Act
Article 2 - Request for Recognition and Intervention
Section 71030 - Request for Recognition

(a) A request for recognition by an employee organization seeking to become the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit shall be filed with the employer.

(b) The parties may agree that PERB or a third party shall determine the outcome of a request for recognition based upon proof of support as defined in Section 32700 of these regulations, or the employer may decline to enter into such an agreement if it has a good faith, reasonable basis to doubt majority support, and in such instance the employer instead may request that an investigation be conducted or an election be held upon a showing of support from at least 30 percent of the unit in accordance with Section 71090.

(c) If the parties agree that PERB or a third party shall determine majority support, proof of majority support in the unit claimed to be appropriate shall be filed with the regional office or with a mutually agreed upon third party. Determination of proof of majority support, if performed by PERB, shall be in accordance with Sections 71110 and 71120 of these regulations.