Ch. 724                            MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1521

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 9I(b) of Article 64A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland ([[1972 Replacement Volume and]] 1972 Supplement), title "Merit
System," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

91.

(b) Those employees who are transferred shall become classified employees of
the State, subject to the provisions of the State Merit System law under this article
and shall be placed in that position which is comparable or most closely compares
with their former position, without further examination or qualification, and
without diminution or loss of any benefits to which entitled prior to July 1, 1972.
They shall be credited with the years of service rendered in Prince George's County
or Baltimore City for purposes of determining compensation rates, including
longevity steps, and the basic rates for annual leave and sick leave [.]; EXCEPT
ANY EMPLOYEE MADE PART OF THE STATE CLASSIFIED SERVICE,
UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS SUBSECTION, SHALL NOT BE DEEMED
A PERMANENT EMPLOYEE UNLESS THE PERIOD OF SERVICE WITH
HIS PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYER WOULD QUALIFY THE
EMPLOYEE FOR PERMANENT STATUS IF THE EMPLOYEE HAD
BEEN SERVING IN THE STATE SERVICE DURING THE PERIOD, BUT
THE PRIOR SERVICE SHALL BE CREDITED AGAINST THE
APPLICABLE PROBATIONARY PERIOD REQUIRED TO BE SERVED
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE MERIT SYSTEM LAW.

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

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 725
(Senate Bill 953)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 616-1/2 of Article 27
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "II Venue, Procedure
and Sentence," subheading "Indictments," to provide that a person released on
bail or personal recognizance pending trial, with respect to certain crimes, is
ineligible for bail upon being charged with a subsequent crime of the same class
subject to allowance to rebut on the part of the person so charged, and
clarifying the language in this section.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 616-1/2 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Crimes and
Punishments," subtitle "II Venue, Procedure and Sentence," subheading
"Indictments," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows: