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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

subtitle "Personnel" sub—heading "Method of
Selecting New Employees" to provide that
Temporary Seasonal Appointments shall be made
competitively after the positions have been
advertised.

Section 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF
HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, That subsection G of Section
1.106 of Title 1 of the Howard County Code Title
"Administration" subtitle "Personnel" subheading
"Method of Selecting New Employees" be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments to
read as follows:

G. Types of Appointments

1. All appointments to positions in the
Classified Service of Howard County shall be
deemed to be either

a. Regular Appointment

(1) A regular appointment shall     be any

appointment made by the Personnel Officer   from an

eligible list compiled and certified     to the
appointing authority.

b. Temporary Appointment

(1) A temporary appointment shall be an
appointment made in the absence of an eligible
list to fill a vacancy or a newly created
position in the classified service. No such
temporary appointment shall continue for a period
exceeding four months or after the establishment
of an eligible list, and no such temporary
appointment shall have any status in the
classified service, except that, if such
temporary appointment is finally made
probationary, such appointment may become
retroactive, to the date of the original
appointment, when requested by the appointing
authority and approved by the Personnel Officer,
for the purpose of seniority only.

c. Emergency Appointment

(1) An emergency appointment shall be any
appointment made when an emergency arises and