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sonnel board in such appeals shall be final and shall be binding, and shall
not be subject to review except by a court of competent jurisdiction, upon
appeal taken within 30 days of the decision. Decision of the board, or if
appealed, the decree of the court, shall be enforceable by the fire board or
by the county. The committee shall include in the personnel regulations
rights of appeal to the county personnel board by paid employees of fire
departments and rescue squads which rights shall be essentially the same
as accorded merit system employees under personnel regulations.

(D) The personnel committee, subject to approval of the fire board
and availability of funds, shall establish a uniform pay scale.

(2)    Personnel System for Volunteer Members of Fire Departments
and Rescue Squads.

(A)    The personnel committee shall prepare and adopt uniform per-
sonnel regulations and minimum standards, subject to the approval of the
fire board, governing all volunteer members of the several fire departments
and rescue squads.

(B)    The personnel committee, subject to approval of the fire board
and the availability of funds, shall establish a program for volunteer mem-
bers to provide financial protection for the volunteer and his family in the
event of the volunteer's disability or death in line of duty. The committee
shall also determine what other parts of the paid firemen and rescue squads-
men fringe benefit program can be extended in whole or in part to volunteer
members. Any determinations made by the committee shall be subject to
the approval of the fire board and the availability of funds.

(3)    The executive committee is authorized, subject to approval of
the fire board, to contract on a fee-for-service basis with the county's
personnel office for whatever personnel services it may deem necessary.

Section 2. Conflict. All provisions of law pertaining to the fire and
rescue services of Montgomery County and Takoma Park, Maryland, in-
cluding chapters 27 through 43, Montgomery County Code 1965, as
amended, shall remain in full force and effect, except whenever any section
or provision of this act shall conflict or be inconsistent with any prior
enacted law, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation, said section or pro-
vision of this act shall be held to prevail.

Section 3. Special Delegate Election. In order to implement the pro-
visions of this act as soon as practicable after its effective date, delegates
to the fire board, the chairman and officers of the board, and the executive
committee members required to be elected under sec. 2-83 (a) shall be first
elected in September 1969. In 1970 and thereafter, regular elections will
be held in June as provided.

Section 4. Subsections (d) and (f) of Sec. 1 shall not apply to the
City of Takoma Park, Maryland.

Section 5. Effective Date. This Act shall take effect on the 76th day
following its enactment.

Chapter 14
(Bill No. 12-69)

An Act to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Article II of
Chapter 83, title "Electrical Contractor's License," Montgomery
County Code 1965, to define certain terms, including two classes of