HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
applies to administrative arbitration and judicial
proceedings initiated after June 30, 1980.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 20, 1982.

CHAPTER 262

(Senate Bill 259)

AN ACT concerning

Sovereign Immunity - Employment Discrimination

FOR the purpose of providing that the defense of sovereign
immunity is not available to the State in certain
cases.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 64A - Merit System

Section 56

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article 64A - Merit System

56.

(a)   In this section the "State" includes any officer,
department, agency, board, commission, appointing authority,
or other unit of State government.

(b)  The defense of sovereign immunity may not be
available to the State, unless otherwise specifically
provided by the laws of Maryland, in any administrative,
arbitration, or judicial proceeding held pursuant to this
article, to the rules and regulations of the Secretary of
Personnel, or the personnel policies, rules, and regulations
for classified employees of the University of Maryland
involving any type of employee grievance or hearing,