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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 212

SECTION 4 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 213

(Senate Bill 227)

AN ACT concerning

State Employees - Sick Leave

FOR the purpose of specifying that certain State employees
who use three or sore consecutive work days of sick
leave must present certain certification before receipt
of pay for the period of absence; specifying that, in
addition to physicians, certain other persons nay
provide the certificate; and numbering certain
provisions.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 60 A - Merit System

Section 37 (a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 64A — Merit System

37.

(a) (1) From and after January 1, 1972, every
classified employee shall receive as annual vacation in each
calendar year, a leave of absence with pay as follows:

Less than 5 years of service — 10 working days

5 to less than 10 years of service — 15 working days

10 to less than 20 years of service - 20 working days

20 years of service and more — 25 working days,
provided, however, that every classified State employee on
January 1, 1957, who as of that date shall have less than
five years of service shall be entitled to receive, as
vacation in each calendar year until his period of service
reaches 20 years, a leave of absence with pay of 15 working