346                               Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 95

plan for all classes of positions in both the classified and unclassified
service to the end that all positions in such services involving com-
parable duties, experience, responsibilities and authority shall be
paid comparable salaries in accordance with the relative value of
the services to be performed. In establishing rates of pay, the Sec-
retary shall give consideration to experience, the prevailing rates
of pay for the services performed, and for comparable services in
public and private employment, living costs, maintenance or other
benefits received by employees, and the State's financial condition
and policies. Such pay plan shall take effect and shall have the force
and effect of law after approval by the Governor, at the time the
next State budget takes effect, if funds for such pay plan are pro-
vided therein. Amendments thereto may, from time to time be
recommended by the Secretary and when approved by the Governor
and so included in the next State budget shall have the force of law
in the same manner as if they had been originally incorporated in
the schedule. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein-
before, and solely in cases of acute emergency, amendments may be
made from time to time in the pay plan to take effect at any time
prior to the effective date of the next State budget, if the amend-
ment is necessary in order to procure or to retain in the State
service, essential career administrative employees, performing exec-
utive functions, or essential professional or technical employees, and
upon approval of the Board of Public Works, after recommendation
by the Secretary, shall have the force of law, in the same manner
as if they had been originally incorporated in the schedule. Each
employee in the classified and in the unclassified service shall be paid
at one of the rates set forth in the pay plan for the grade or class
of positions in which he is employed. The pay plan shall be used
by the Governor in the preparation and submission of his budget.
Provided, however, that positions upon the faculties of the Univer-
sity of Maryland, State colleges and Morgan State College, all regis-
trars and librarians designated as holding faculty rank by the re-
spective boards of trustees of the State colleges, St. Mary's Female
Seminary, Morgan State College and University of Maryland,
teachers, principals, directors of education [aud] and supervisors
of vocational education on the staffs of Boys' Village of Maryland,
Maryland Training School for Boys, Montrose School for Girls,
Maryland Children's Centers, Victor Cullen School, and any and all
other institutions which are under the supervision, direction, control
and general management of the State Department of Public Welfare,
but not the noninstructional personnel of such institutions shall be
excluded from said pay plan.

41.

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article
or of the rules of the Secretary of Personnel shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine
[or] of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than three
thousand dollars ($3,000.00) or by imprisonment for a term not
exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the court.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved April 23, 1971.