MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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State, to have all the rights and privileges accorded to
classified employees under the provisions of said Article
64A. Such classified employees shall have the right of
appeal as provided by law in any case of alleged
injustice; shall be paid salaries not less than are paid
in similar classifications in other State bureaus and
departments; shall retain their vacation privileges,
their retirement status and benefits under the State
retirement system. All employees and employment
classifications included within the classified service of
the State as of June 1, 1952, shall remain in and be a
part of the classified service, and the University shall
not designate them, or any of them, as anything other
than part of the classified service. No such employment
classification which is included in the classified
service as of June 1, 1952, shall be abolished by the
University without the prior approval of the State
Employment Commissioner, nor shall the classified service
status of any employee who may be transferred or promoted
to another classification be affected by the provisions
of this act.

(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. Any fees resulting from
arbitration shall be assessed by the arbitrator equally
between the two parties. The arbitration award shall be
advisory to the secretary of personnel and no additional
appeals or hearings will be considered. The secretary of
personnel shall make the final decision which shall be
binding on all parties.

(2)   All income of the University shall be deposited
in the State treasury, or deposited as that office may
direct. Any surplus over the estimated receipts in any
fiscal year from student income (except the student
activities fee, the athletic fee, and the special fee for
student projects), for the schools at College Park and
Princess Anne, and the professional schools in Baltimore,
and the income from the University Hospital, or the State
appropriation for these purposes, shall be available to
and expended by the University only if and as it secures
the written approval of the Board of Public Works.

(3)   The Legislative Auditor shall annually audit
all expenditures and accounts of the University, and
report to the legislature about same.