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585. Prosecutions Already Commenced.

Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to in anywise interfere
with any prosecution which may have been or may hereafter be
commenced for any violation of any of the sections which are re-
pealed by this subtitle where such violations occurred prior to
January JULY 1, 1972.

586. Agreement on Personnel.

The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall on January
JULY 1, 1972, agree to carry out the provision of this subtitle in Balti-
more City. The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall employ
all persons engaged in such work who are then employed by the Bureau
of Milk Control of the Baltimore City Health Department and who
were so employed as of January JULY 1, 1972. All such persons who
were employed as of January JULY 1, 1972, by the Bureau of Milk
Control of the Baltimore City Health Department shall be employed by
the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene. Any employee of the
Baltimore City Health Department who is employed by the Bureau of
Milk Control of the Baltimore City Health Department, who, while so
employed, applies to the Secretary of Personnel for appointment under
the State Merit System on or before January JULY 1, 1972, shall be
so appointed and, without further examination or qualification, shall
be classified in the job classification under the State Merit System
which is comparable or which most closely compares with his last
job classification as a Baltimore City employee. An employee ap-
pointed to the State Merit System under this section shall be given
credit thereunder for the years of service rendered in Baltimore City
for the purposes of establishing retirement and death benefits, com-
pensation rates, including longevity steps, and the basic rates for
vacation and sick leave credit earnings AND FOR PURPOSES OF
CALCULATING HIS RATE OF CONTRIBUTION INTO THE
STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Any such em-
ployee shall be fully subject to the rights, duties, and privileges of
Article 73B of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Pensions."
No such employee who has been transferred from the Bureau of
Milk Control of the Baltimore City Health Department to the State
Merit System may receive any diminution in compensation solely as
a result of such transfer and appointment.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws, ordinances or
resolutions inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on January JULY 1, 1972.

Approved May 17, 1971.

CHAPTER 574
(House Bill 964)

AN ACT to repeal subsections (b)(i), (b) (ii) and (c) of Section
301 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle