Ch. 480                             MARVIN MAN DEL, Governor                                1071

BY Chapter 618 of the Acts of 1971, and to read as follows:

8-41.

(E) ANY AND ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY (BOTH
TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE) AND ANY AND ALL RIGHT, TITLE
AND INTEREST THEREIN, GROSS RECEIPTS, GROSS OR NET
INCOME, PURCHASES, SALES, FRANCHISES, LICENSES,
OPERATIONS, ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS, OWNED, OR
CONTROLLED OR RECEIVED, OR MADE, OR PERFORMED OR
CARRIED ON, BY THE AUTHORITY SHALL BE AND REMAIN
TOTALLY EXEMPT FROM ALL TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, CHARGES
AND FEES OF EVERY KIND, IMPOSED, LEVIED OR MADE BY THE
STATE OF MARYLAND. ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, OR
ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THEM.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 480
(Senate Bill 1106)

AN ACT to add new Section 9G(h) to Article 64A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume), title "Merit System," to follow
immediately after Section 9G(g) thereof, to provide for the transfer of all
employees of the Howard County Board of Supervisors of Elections from the
local merit system to the classified service of the State, without further
examination or loss of benefits, and to provide for credit for years of service.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 9G(h) be and it is hereby added to Article 64A
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume), title "Merit
System," to follow immediately after Section 9G(g) thereof, and to read as
follows:

9G.

(H)(l) AS OF JULY 1, 1973, ALL PERMANENT EMPLOYEES OF THE
HOWARD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS, BOTH
FULL TIME AND PART TIME, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL
MERIT SYSTEM, SHALL BE IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF THE
STATE AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE SECRETARY
OF PERSONNEL.

(2)  NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED IS INTENDED IN ANY WAY TO
ALTER THE PRESENT METHOD BY WHICH THE SALARIES OF THESE
EMPLOYEES ARE PRESENTLY FUNDED.

(3)  THOSE EMPLOYEES SHALL BECOME CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
OF THE STATE, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE MERIT
SYSTEM LAW UNDER THIS ARTICLE, WITHOUT NEED OF FURTHER
EXAMINATION OR QUALIFICATION, AND WITHOUT DIMINUTION