MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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FOR the purpose of providing that a State agency may not
enter into a consultant contract with certain former
State employees.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 64A — Merit System

Section 24A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 24A of Article 64A - Merit System,
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement
Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed
and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 64A — Merit System

24A.

A State agency may not enter into a [contractual
arrangement for employment] CONSULTANT CONTRACT with any
person who has left State employment, other than by
reason of retirement, until the person has been out of
State employment for a period of one year. The term
["contractual arrangement"] "CONSULTANT CONTRACT" [[shall
not include rehiring of a person into the State
employment system[.], BUT SHALL INCLUDE SUCH]] FOR THE
PURPOSE OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE LIMITED TO A
CONTRACT WITH A CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, OR OTHER ENTITY
IN WHICH THE FORMER STATE EMPLOYEE IS [[A PRINCIPAL]]
MORE THAN A 10 PERCENT BENEFICIAL OWNER, OR DIRECTOR, OR
OFFICER.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved May 15, 1975.

CHAPTER 6 28
(Senate Bill 1028)
AN ACT concerning

Garrett County — Alcoholic Beverages