HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 73B - Pensions

Section 36(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 73B - Pensions

Section 36(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 37(a)(3) through (5),
respectively, of Article 64A - Merit System, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s)
37(a)(4) through (6), respectively.

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of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or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 64A - Merit System

37.

(a) (2) Any employee using less than full vacation
leave allowable beginning January 1, 1942, shall be entitled
to have such unused leave accumulated up to 35 working days,
which shall be available to such employee for vacation leave
at any time, with the approval of the head of the
department.

(3) (I) In addition to annual vacation leave,
any employee is entitled to sick leave with SICK pay for not
in excess of 30 working days in any calendar year, and from
and after January 1, 1975, in addition to such annual
vacation leave, any employee shall be entitled to sick leave
with SICK pay for not in excess of 15 working days in any
calendar year; provided, however, that if any employee in
any calendar year uses less than the full amount of sick
leave allowable, such unused leave shall be accumulated and
shall be available to such employee for sick leave at any
time. Nothing in this section may cause an employee to lose
any sick leave accumulated as of December 31, 1974.

(II) SICK LEAVE MAY BE TAKEN ONLY AS
AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION BECAUSE OF ILLNESS, ACCIDENT