MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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(a) After consultation with appointing
authorities, the Secretary of Personnel shall prepare and
recommend to the Governor a pay plan for all classes of
positions in both the classified and unclassified service
to the end that all positions in [such] THE services
involving comparable duties, experience, responsibilities
and authority shall be paid comparable salaries in
accordance with the relative value of the services to be
performed. In establishing rates of pay, the Secretary
shall give consideration to experience, the prevailing
rates of pay for the services performed, and for
comparable services in public and private employment,
living costs, maintenance or other benefits received by
employees, and the State's financial condition and
policies. [Such] THE pay plan shall take effect and
shall have the force and effect of law after approval by
the Governor, at the time the next State budget takes
effect, if funds for [such] THE pay plan are provided
therein. [Amendments thereto may, from time to time be
recommended by the Secretary and when approved by the
Governor and so included in the next State budget shall
have the force of law in the same manner as if they had
been originally incorporated in the schedule.] AMENDMENTS
TO THE PAY PLAN MAY BE MADE FROM TIME TO TIME FOR
SPECIFIC CLASSES OF POSITIONS WHEN RECOMMENDED BY THE
SECRETARY AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR AND SO PRESENTED
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE THE THIRD WEDNESDAY
OF EACH JANUARY. THE AMENDMENTS WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN THE
NEXT STATE BUDGET IF FUNDS ARE PROVIDED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary [hereinbefore,]
and solely in cases of acute emergency, amendments may be
made from time to time in the pay plan to take effect at
any time prior to the effective date of the next State
budget, if the amendment is necessary in order to procure
or to retain in the State service, essential career
administrative employees, performing executive functions,
or essential professional or technical employees, and
upon approval of the Board of Public Works, after
recommendation by the Secretary, shall have the force of
law, in the same manner as if they had been originally
incorporated in the schedule. Each employee in the
classified and in the unclassified service shall be paid
at one of the rates set forth in the pay plan for the
grade or class of positions in which he is employed.
The pay plan shall be used by the Governor in the
preparation and submission of his budget. Provided,
[however,] that positions upon the faculties of the
University of Maryland, State colleges and Morgan State
College, all registrars and librarians designated as
holding faculty rank by the respective boards of trustees
of the State colleges, St. Mary's Female Seminary,
Morgan State College and University of Maryland,
teachers, principals, directors of education and
supervisors of vocational education on the staffs of