MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

1805

Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and
1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 41 — Governor — Executive and
Administrative Departments

244.

For the purpose of this subtitle:

(a) "Agency" means any State board, commission,
department or officer authorized by law to make rules or
to adjudicate contested cases, except those in the
legislative or judicial branches, and except the Board of
Parole, the Department of Parole and Probation, the
Workmen's Compensation Commission, the State Accident
Fund, [[THE MARYLAND AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE FUND, ]] the
State Insurance Department of Maryland, the Public
Service Commission, the Employment Security Board and the
State Tax Commission. THE MARYLAND AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
FUND SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AN "AGENCY" WITHIN THE

MEANING OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY MATTER OR ACTION WITH

REGARD TO WHICH THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER HAS MADE AN
EXPRESS, WRITTEN FINDING OR DETERMINATION THAT COMPLIANCE

WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT

AND/OR THE STATE DOCUMENTS LAW BY THE MARYLAND AUTOMOBILE
FUND IS UNNECESSARY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 649

(House Bill 337)

AN ACT concerning

Merit System — Classification of Positions

FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of Personnel
to periodically audit a random sample of all
classified positions under his jurisdiction;
allowing the Secretary to take corrective action;
requiring certain positions to be reclassified;
providing grievance procedures for employees
reclassified; and correcting language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,