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for expenses incurred by Council members; to state the
functions and responsibilities of the Council as set forth
in State law; to provide that staff support for the Council
shall be provided by the local health officer; and to
provide for the application of this Article upon appointment
and confirmation of the members.

Effective Date November 21, 1978.

Bill No. 36-78

Chapter 24

AN ACT to amend Chapter 33, title "Personnel" of the
Montgomery County Code, 1972, as amended, to transfer
Sections 33-5 through 33-33, collectively designated as
Article II, title "Personnel Regulations" to an Appendix of
this Chapter and its component sections to be renumbered
accordingly; to add a new Article II, title "Merit System"
to Chapter 33 to provide for legislative intent, Merit
System principles, statement of purpose, Merit System Review
Commission and applicability; to define certain terms; to
assign certain responsibilities to the Personnel Board; to
assign certain responsibilities to the Chief Administrative
Officer; to establish an Equal Employment Opportunity and
Affirmative Action Program; to provide for protection for
employees against retaliation or coercion for refusal to
obey illegal or improper instructions or for disclosure of
illegal or improper actions in County government; to provide
procedures for such disclosures; to prescribe complaint and
investigation procedures and to prohibit certain conduct; to
provide for classification, salary and wage plans; to
provide for appeals of disciplinary actions, grievances and
procedures; to require regulations concerning certain appeal
procedures; to provide for the hearing authority of the
Personnel Board concerning appeals; to provide for judicial
review of Personnel Board decisions and judicial enforcement
of Board decisions under certain circumstances; to provide
for an interpretation in the event of conflict between the
Article and any regulation; to repeal and reenact with
amendments Section 27-21, title "Procedures for Complaint
Against the County" of subtitle "Discrimination in
Employment" of Article I, title "Commission on Human
Relations" of Chapter 27, title "Human Relations and Civil
Liberties" of the Montgomery County Code 1972, as amended,
to establish revised procedures and remedies for employment
discrimination and to provide for a waiver of Merit System
rights upon election of the employment discrimination
complaint procedure; to sequentially renumber the individual
section numbers of Article III, title "Employees Retirement
System" and Article IV, title "Employer-Employee Relations"
of Chapter 33 as appropriate without any change in text; to
make technical modifications to Section 33-3 of Chapter 33;
to require the Personnel Board to conform its regulations to
law within a certain time; and to make certain other
technical changes consistent with other amendments of this