HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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CHAPTER 19

(Senate Bill 1000)

AN ACT concerning

Merit System - Community Development Administration

FOR the purpose of including certain employees of the
Community Development Administration in the Merit
System; providing that an employee included in the
Merit System under this Act shall be given credit for
prior years of service for certain purposes; providing
that an employee included in the Merit System under
this Act may not receive a diminution in compensation;
providing that certain employees do not have a right to
be reemployed; generally relating to the inclusion of
certain employees of the Community Development
Administration in the Merit System; and making this Act
an emergency measure.

BY adding to

Article 64A - Merit System

Section 9R

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article 64A - Merit System

9R.

(A)  A CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEE OF THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHO HAD 6 MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS FULL
TIME SATISFACTORY SERVICE AS OF JUNE 30, 1981 SHALL BE
INCLUDED IN THE STATE MERIT SYSTEM WITHOUT FURTHER
EXAMINATION OR QUALIFICATION.

(B)  AN EMPLOYEE INCLUDED IN THE STATE MERIT SYSTEM
UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE GIVEN CREDIT FOR THE YEARS OF
SERVICE RENDERED AS A CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEE OF THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ESTABLISHING:

(1) COMPENSATION RATES, INCLUDING INCREMENTS;
AND