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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 588

employment by Baltimore City to employment by the
State; generally relating to transfer of those
employees to State service; and making this Act an
emergency measure.

BY adding to

Article 64A — Merit System

Section 25F

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1978 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

25F.

(A)   AS OF MARCH 15, 1979, OR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS ACT, WHICHEVER DATE IS LATER, ELEVATOR INSPECTORS
EMPLOYED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BY THE CITY OF BALTIMORE SHALL BECOME EMPLOYEES
OF THE DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION AND BE UNDER THE
STATE MERIT SYSTEM.

(B)   ANY EMPLOYEE TRANSFERRED TO THE STATE MERIT SYSTEM
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE APPOINTED WITHOUT FURTHER
EXAMINATION OR QUALIFICATION. PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT
COMPLETED A PROBATIONARY PERIOD WITH BALTIMORE CITY SHALL
SERVE THE NORMAL PROBATIONARY PERIOD UPON TRANSFER. EACH
EMPLOYEE SHALL BE PLACED IN THAT CLASSIFICATION WHICH IS
COMPARABLE TO, OR MOST CLOSELY COMPARES WITH, THE EMPLOYEE'S
FORMER POSITION IN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

EMPLOYEES SO TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION MAY
NOT SUFFER A DIMINUTION OF SALARY OR WAGES, ACCRUED PAID
LEAVE WHETHER EARNED OR GRANTED, OR SENIORITY RIGHTS. ANY
INCREASE IN SALARY OR WAGES GRANTED SUBSEQUENT TO MARCH 15,
1979, MAY BE RETAINED UPON APPOINTMENT TO THE CLASSIFIED
SERVICE ONLY IF APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL. THE
SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL 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 TAKE SUCH
VALUES OR ANY PORTION THEREOF INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN
ESTABLISHING THE RATE OF SALARY UPON APPOINTMENT. ONCE THE
RATE OF SALARY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED UPON APPOINTMENT, THE
EMPLOYEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE SAME BENEFITS PROVIDED TO
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE 64A OF THE CODE.

(C)   THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TRANSFERRED SHALL BECOME
MEMBERS OF THE STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM UNDER
ARTICLE 73B OF THIS CODE, AND SHALL TRANSFER ALL
CONTRIBUTIONS AS PROVIDED IN § 32A OF ARTICLE 73B.