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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

except in Sections 97-12, title "Right of Entry
of County Officers", 97—25, title "Communicable
Diseases", 97—26, title "Examinations and Health
Records", and 97—27, title "Infirmaries"; Chapter

99,   title "Riding Schools and Stables"; Chapter

100,  title "Sewage Disposal"; Chapter 101, title
"Slaughterhouses"; Chapter 104, title
"Subdivision of Land"; Chapter 105, title
"Swimming Pools"; Chapter 110, title "Wells"; and
Chapter 117, title "Hogs".

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, That Section 2-16A,
Chapter 2, title "Administration," of the Montgomery
County Code 1965, as amended, is hereby repealed and
re—enacted, to read as follows:

2—164. Office of the Chief Administrative Officer;
composition and functions.

The office of the chief administrative officer
shall include the following offices and sections and
such other offices and sections as may be prescribed
by law, which shall have the functions as hereinafter
set forth and such related additional functions and
activities as may hereinafter be prescribed by law:

(a)  Personnel office. The personnel office shall
(1) assist the county personnel board and the chief
administrative officer with their charter
responsibilities with respect to the county merit
system; (2) assist all appointing authorities in the
implementation of merit system charter provisions and
the regulations of the personnel board; (3) assist the
county executive in the development and administration
of a career service and in the administration of a
comprehensive management personnel program; and (4)
provide cooperative personnel services to political
subdivisions of Montgomery County or agencies
supported in whole or in part by taxes levied by the
county council and to the Montgomery County revenue
authority.

(b)  Purchasing Office. The purchasing office
shall assist the county executive and chief
administrative officer in the administration of
centralized purchasing. The chief administrative
officer may direct the purchasing office to report to
him through the director of the department of finance.