846                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 11

General Revisor's Note to Title 8, Subtitle 2 of the
State Government Article.

Defined terms: "Department" § 5-101
"Secretary" § 5-101

5-203. DEPUTY SECRETARY, CONSULTANTS, AND OTHER STAFF.

(A)  DEPUTY SECRETARY.

(1)  WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, THE SECRETARY
SHALL APPOINT A DEPUTY SECRETARY.

(2)  THE DEPUTY SECRETARY:

(I)  SERVES AT THE PLEASURE OF THE SECRETARY;

(II)  IS ENTITLED TO THE SALARY PROVIDED IN THE
STATE BUDGET; AND

(III)  HAS THE DUTIES PROVIDED BY LAW OR
DELEGATED BY THE SECRETARY.

(B)  GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF
STAFF.

(1)  THE SECRETARY MAY EMPLOY A STAFF ATTACHED TO THE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE BUDGET.

(2)  EACH STAFF ASSISTANT IN THE OFFICE OF THE
SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF A PARTICULAR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY, AND
EACH PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT, IS APPOINTED BY AND SERVES AT THE
PLEASURE OF THE SECRETARY.

(3)  UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, THE SECRETARY
SHALL APPOINT AND REMOVE ALL OTHER STAFF IN THE OFFICE OF THE
SECRETARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE MERIT SYSTEM LAW.

(4)  THE SECRETARY MAY REVIEW ANY PERSONNEL ACTION
TAKEN BY ANY UNIT IN THE DEPARTMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a) through (b)(3) of this
section are new language derived without substantive
change from the fifth and sixth sentences and -- as it
related to additional personnel -- the fourth sentence
of former Art. 41, § 226(b) and the third and fourth
sentences of (c).

Subsection (b)(4) of this section is new language that
repeats the provisions of the second clause of the
ninth sentence of present Art. 41, § 3A(a). As to the
repetition of these provisions here, as a power of the
Secretary of State Planning, see revisor's note to §
5-202 of this subtitle. See also the General
Revisor's Note to Title 8, Subtitle 2 of the State
Government Article.