790                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND                             Ch. 356

OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE OR THE QUEEN ANNE'S
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER THE COUNTY SHALL GIVE PUBLIC
NOTICE OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS WHICH IT PROPOSES
TO ADOPT BY PUBLISHING THE SAME IN AT LEAST TWO
NEWSPAPERS OF GENERAL CIRCULATION PUBLISHED IN QUEEN
ANNE'S COUNTY AT LEAST TWICE NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN (15)
DAYS PRIOR TO A PUBLIC HEARING, THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE
OF WHICH SHALL BE SPECIFIED IN SUCH NOTICE.

446.

ALL ACTS OR PARTS OF ACTS INCONSISTENT WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE ARE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF
THEIR INCONSISTENCY. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NOTHING HEREIN
CONTAINED SHALL BE TAKEN AS RESTRICTING ANY CONTROL
WHICH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, MINES AND
WATER RESOURCES ARE EMPOWERED TO EXERCISE IN THE
SANITARY DISTRICT.

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

Approved May 7, 1973.

CHAPTER 357
(House Bill 1648)

AN ACT to add new Section 15(e)(1)(a) to Article 77A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Higher Education," subtitle
"University of Maryland," to follow immediately after Section 15(e)(1) thereof;
to provide certain aggrieved employees with a method of appeal after receipt of
a written decision from the University of Maryland.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 15(e)(l)(a) is hereby added to Article 77A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Higher
Education," subtitle "University of Maryland," to follow immediately after
Section 15(e)(1) thereof, and to read as follows:

15.

(E)(1)(A) IN THE CASE OF ANY UNRESOLVED GRIEVANCE
BETWEEN AN EMPLOYEE AND THE UNIVERSITY, THE AGGRIEVED
EMPLOYEE, AFTER HE HAS EXHAUSTED ALL AVAILABLE
PROCEDURES PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY, SHALL HAVE THE
RIGHT TO SUBMIT THE GRIEVANCE TO EITHER ARBITRATION OR
TO THE SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL. IN EITHER CASE, THE APPEAL
MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THE RECEIPT OF
ANY WRITTEN DECISION PERTAINING TO THAT GRIEVANCE AND
ISSUED BY THE UNIVERSITY. IN THE EVENT OF ARBITRATION, THE
PARTIES SHALL SELECT AN ARBITRATOR BY MUTUAL
AGREEMENT. IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO REACH A MUTUAL
AGREEMENT, AN ARBITRATOR SHALL BE SUPPLIED BY THE
AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION BY THEIR PROCEDURES.