BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 64A - Merit System
56.

(A)    AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS TRANSFERRED TO THE STATE MERIT
SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THIS SECTION, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
IN THE ENABLING LEGISLATION TRANSFERRING SUCH EMPLOYEE TO

THE STATE MERIT SYSTEM, SHALL BE APPOINTED WITHOUT FURTHER

EXAMINATION OR QUALIFICATION. THE EMPLOYEE SHALL BE PLACED
IN THE STATE CLASSIFICATION THAT IS COMPARABLE IN DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE EMPLOYEE'S FORMER POSITION.

(B)    THE EMPLOYEE MAY NOT SUFFER A DIMINUTION OF
SALARY OR WAGES, ACCRUED LEAVE, WHETHER EARNED OR GRANTED,
OR SENIORITY RIGHTS. ANY INCREASE IN SALARY OR WAGES
GRANTED SUBSEQUENT TO PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATION ENABLING
THE TRANSFER, MAY BE RETAINED ON APPOINTMENT TO THE
CLASSIFIED SERVICE ONLY IF THE SECRETARY APPROVES. THE
SECRETARY SHALL CONSIDER THE MONETARY VALUE OF ANY AND ALL
OTHER BENEFITS, ENTITLEMENTS, SERVICES OR PREROGATIVES AND,
AT HIS DISCRETION AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE BEST INTERESTS
OF THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE, MAY CONSIDER THESE VALUES OR A
PORTION OF THEM WHEN ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF SALARY ON
APPOINTMENT. AFTER APPOINTMENT, THE EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO
THE SAME BENEFITS PROVIDED TO CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
ESTABLISHED BY THIS ARTICLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the

Secretary of Personnel shall transfer to the State merit
system any key or unclassified employee of the Department of

Transportation whose position is judicially determined in

any action filed in any court of competent jurisdiction

prior to January 1, 1978 to have been created unlawfully or
otherwise be unlawful.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 441

(Senate Bill 218)

AN ACT concerning

Games and Contests by Retail Establishments

FOR the purpose of providing a statewide exemption an

exemption, in all parts of the State except Howard

County, from certain prohibitions against giving away