HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               1639

FOR the purpose of providing that the position of director
of the Maryland Energy Financing Administration shall
be an unclassified position; and relating generally to
the supervision of the director by the Secretary of
Economic and Community Development.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments
Section 519(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1978 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 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments

519.

(b) The Secretary, with the approval of the Governor,
shall appoint the director of the Administration who shall
serve at the pleasure of the Secretary[.] AND SHALL BE AN
UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE. [The position of
director shall not be subject to Article 64A of this Code.]
SUBJECT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION OF THE SECRETARY
UNDER ARTICLE 41, §§ 257A, 257B AND 257E OF THE CODE, [The]
THE director shall operate and exercise the powers of the
Administration [under the direction of the Secretary] in
accordance with the provisions of this subtitle. The
director shall receive such salary as provided in the State
budget. [The director of the Administration shall be
considered to be a contractual employee but shall be exempt
from the provisions of Article 64A, § 15A of the Annotated
Code.] With the exception of the director, no positions in
the Administration may be added without prior approval of
the General Assembly.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1982.

Approved May 4, 1982.

CHAPTER 151
(Senate Bill 1001)