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unit within 12 months after a previous election has resulted in the recognition <br />of an exclusive bargaining representative or a determination that the <br />employees choose no representation in such bargaining unit. <br />(5) No party shall have an advantage over the other in gaining access to <br />employees during organizational or representation campaign activity. <br />H. Decertification. <br />(1) If a petition for decertification of an exclusive bargaining representative is <br />presented to the LRA showing that at least 50 percent of the employees in the <br />bargaining unit no longer choose to be represented by the employee <br />organization, then the LRA shall hold an election pursuant in the same manner <br />as set forth in Section G. <br />(2) A petition for decertification of an exclusive bargaining representative in an <br />appropriate unit may be filed in a 30 -day period between the one hundred <br />eightieth and one hundred fiftieth day prior to expiration of any existing <br />collective bargaining agreement for that bargaining unit or any time after that <br />collective bargaining agreement has expired. <br />(3) For a period of one year following recognition or certification of an exclusive <br />bargaining agent, no decertification petitions may be filed. <br />(4) The employee organization no longer shall be recognized as the exclusive <br />bargaining representative of the employees in the bargaining unit if a majority <br />of the employees in the appropriate bargaining unit vote in the decertification <br />election to no longer be represented by the employee organization and a <br />final outcome of that election has been certified by the LRA. <br />I. Rights of employee organizations and rights accompanying exclusive <br />representation. <br />