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(1)    the employee has completed any required period of proba-
tion prior to entering the armed forces and his separation from
the armed forces was under conditions other than a dishonorable
discharge, and

(2)    he makes application within ninety days from the date of his
separation from the armed forces in case he has involuntarily
entered, or within ninety days after the termination of his first period
of enlistment in case he has voluntarily entered, for reinstatement to
the Board of Education; and

(8) he makes application for reinstatement within ninety days
from the date of separation from such service or within ninety days
after discharge from a hospital, provided such hospitalization is
directly connected with, related to and immediately follows his
separation from the armed forces, and the period of hospitalization
does not extend beyond a year from the date of such separation.

Any employee qualifying for reinstatement under this provision
shall be entitled to start at the salary and rate of earnings for leave
which he would have received if he had remained continuously in
the Board of Education's service.

If he is not qualified to perform the duties of his prior position
by reason of disability sustained during military service, but is
qualified to perform the duties of any other position in the employ
of the Board of Education, he shall be reemployed in such comparable
position, the duties of which he is qualified to perform, as will provide
him like seniority, status, and pay rate, or the nearest approximation
thereof consistent with the circumstances of his case.

A person who is reinstated or reemployed as in this section pro-
vided, is hereinafter referred to as a "reemployee" Upon reinstate-
ment of reemployment, a reemployee shall be considered as having
been on furlough, and the time between the date of his entry into the
armed services and the date of his reinstatement or reemployment
shall be added to the time he had been employed by the Board of
Education by whom he was employed when he entered the armed
services, to determine his length of service, seniority and status, and
he shall be entitled to all benefits and privileges, including rate of
pay, which attach to such seniority and status or either. The pension
and retirement rights of a reemployee shall be determined by the
provisions of Section 88 of Article 65 of this Code.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 649
(House Bill 1028)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 716 of
Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Oysters and