HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(A) (B) THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE MAY IMPLEMENT A
TRIAL 10 HOUR DAY, AND/OR 12 HOUR DAY ALTERNATIVE WORK
SCHEDULE FOR A 2 YEAR PERIOD WITH CERTAIN UNITS SELECTED BY
THE SUPERINTENDENT.

(B) (C) PARTICIPANTS IN THE ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULE
PROGRAM WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE OVERTIME COMPENSATION
REQUIREMENTS OF § 76(D)(1) OF ARTICLE 100. OVERTIME
COMPENSATION FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS SHALL BE COMPUTED ON A
WEEKLY BASIS, BY DIVIDING THE WEEKLY RATE OF COMPENSATION BY
THE NUMBER OF HOURS IN THE WORK WEEK AND MULTIPLYING THE
RESULTING QUOTIENT BY ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE NUMBER OF
HOURS WORKED IN EXCESS OF THE NORMAL 40 HOUR WORK WEEK.

(C) (D) DURING THE 2 YEAR PERIOD THE ALTERNATIVE WORK
SCHEDULE WILL BE EVALUATED FOR EFFICIENCY, PRODUCTIVITY,
ENERGY CONSUMPTION, AND QUALITY. OF SERVICES.

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

76.

(d) (1) Law-enforcement employees of the Maryland
State Police who work in excess of their normal eight hour
daily work day OR WHO WORK IN EXCESS OF 40 HOURS IN A 4 DAY
WORK WEEK OF 10 HOUR WORK DAYS, and law-enforcement
employees of the Department of Natural Resources who work in
excess of their normal eight hour daily work day shall
receive overtime compensation [which shall be computed by
dividing the daily rate of compensation by the number of
hours in the normal daily work day and multiplying the
resulting quotient by one and one-half times the number of
hours worked in excess of the normal daily work day].
OVERTIME COMPENSATION SHALL BE COMPUTED FOR AN 8 HOUR WORK
DAY BY DIVIDING THE DAILY RATE OF COMPENSATION BY THE NUMBER
OF HOURS IN THE WORK DAY AND MULTIPLYING THE RESULTING
QUOTIENT BY ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE NUMBER OF HOURS
WORKED IN EXCESS OF THE NORMAL 8 HOUR WORK DAY. OVERTIME
COMPENSATION SHALL BE COMPUTED FOR A 10 HOUR WORK DAY ONLY
ON A WEEKLY BASIS, BY DIVIDING THE WEEKLY RATE OF
COMPENSATION BY THE NUMBER OF HOURS IN THE WORK WEEK AND
MULTIPLYING THE RESULTING QUOTIENT BY ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES
THE NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED IN EXCESS OF THE NORMAL 40 HOUR
WORK WEEK. Law-enforcement employees of the Maryland State
Police and the Department of Natural Resources who are
called out to duty during a regularly scheduled off-duty day
and work one or more hours shall receive overtime
compensation which shall be computed by dividing the daily
rate of compensation by the number of hours in the normal
daily work day and multiplying the resulting quotient by one
and one-half times the number of hours worked during the
off-duty day.

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