1640                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 151

AN ACT concerning

Merit System - Maryland Industrial and
Commercial Redevelopment Fund

FOR the purpose of including certain employees of the
Maryland Industrial and Commercial Redevelopment Fund
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; and generally relating to
the inclusion of certain employees of the Maryland
Industrial and Commercial Redevelopment Fund in the
Merit System.

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 MARYLAND INDUSTRIAL
AND COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT FUND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHO HAD 6 MONTHS
CONTINUOUS FULL TIME SATISFACTORY SERVICE AS OF JULY 1, 1982
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 MARYLAND
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT FUND FOR THE PURPOSE
OF ESTABLISHING COMPENSATION RATES, INCLUDING INCREMENTS.

(C)  AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE STATE
MERIT SYSTEM UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT RECEIVE A DIMINUTION
IN COMPENSATION SOLELY BECAUSE OF THE INCLUSION.

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

Approved May 4, 1982.