HARRY HUGHES, Governor

2089

FOR the purpose of providing that the Secretary of Personnel
may designate those State executive, professional, and
administrative employees who shall not be eligible to
receive overtime compensation but who may be
compensated by compensatory time.

BY repealing

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

Section 76(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

Section 76(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 76(b) of Article 100 - Work, Labor
and Employment, of the Annotated Code of Maryland be
repealed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

76.

(B) THE SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL IS AUTHORIZED AND
EMPOWERED TO DESIGNATE THOSE BONA FIDE ADMINISTRATIVE,
EXECUTIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES WHO SHALL NOT BE
ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE OVERTIME COMPENSATION BUT WHO MAY BE
COMPENSATED BY COMPENSATORY TIME. THE SECRETARY OF
PERSONNEL IS AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO ADOPT AND
PROMULGATE REASONABLE REGULATIONS TO PREVENT AN ABUSE OF
THIS SECTION BY THE GRANTING OF UNNECESSARY AND UNWARRANTED
OVERTIME OR BY THE FAILURE TO GRANT OVERTIME COMPENSATION
WHEN THE EMPLOYEE IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE IT UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 20, 1980.