222                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 69

CLASSIFIED AND UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE TO THE END
THAT ALL POSITIONS IN SUCH SERVICES INVOLVING
COMPARABLE 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 STATE EMPLOYEES STANDARD SALARY
BOARD SHALL GIVE CONSIDERATION TO EXPERIENCE,
THE PREVAILING RATES OF PAY FOR THE SERVICES PER-
FORMED, AND FOR COMPARABLE SERVICES IN PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT, LIVING COSTS, MAINTE-
NANCE 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 BOARD 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. NOT-
WITHSTANDING 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
AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO PROCURE OR
TO RETAIN IN THE STATE SERVICE, ESSENTIAL CAREER
ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES, PERFORMING EXECUTIVE
FUNCTIONS, OR ESSENTIAL PROFESSIONAL OR TECHNI-
CAL EMPLOYEES, AND UPON APPROVAL OF THE BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS, AFTER RECOMMENDATION BY THE
BOARD, SHALL HAVE THE FORCE OF LAW, IN THE SAME
MANNER AS IF THEY HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY INCORPO-
RATED IN THE SCHEDULE. WHEREVER THE BOARD SHALL
FIND THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE MARKET
VALUE OF SERVICES PERFORMED BY ANY CLASS, IT
SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PER-
SONNEL TO IDENTIFY AND PRESENT TO THE BOARD FOR
CONSIDERATION AT THE SAME TIME ALL OTHER RE-
LATED CLASSES WHICH ARE AFFECTED BY THE SAME
CHANGE IN MARKET VALUE. 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 UNIVERSITY OF MARY-
LAND, STATE TEACHERS' COLLEGES AND MORGAN STATE
COLLEGE, ALL REGISTRARS AND LIBRARIANS DESIG-
NATED AS HOLDING FACULTY RANK BY THE RESPECTIVE
BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE TEACHERS' COL-
LEGES, ST. MARY'S FEMALE SEMINARY, MORGAN STATE
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BUT NOT THE