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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 767

(C) UNLESS PERMITTED BY THE WSSC, A     PERSON MAY NOT

DISTURB, REMOVE, PAVE OVER, OR REPAVE  OVER ANY MANHOLE,

VALVE, FITTING, OR OTHER WSSC WATER,      SEWER, OR STORM
DRAINAGE STRUCTURE.

TITLE 11. MERIT SYSTEM.

[1-2] 11-101. Staff organization and workings generally.

(A)  THE WSSC SHALL ORGANIZE ITS STAFF IN A MANNER THAT
PROMOTES THE EFFICIENT DISPOSITION OF ALL MATTERS WITHIN THE
WSSC'S JURISDICTION.

(B)  TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, THE
WSSC MAY:

(1)  ORGANIZE ITS STAFF INTO DEPARTMENTS OR OTHER
DIVISIONAL ORGANIZATIONS;

(2)  APPOINT AND PRESCRIBE THE FUNCTIONS, DUTIES,
AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A GENERAL MANAGER, SECRETARY,
TREASURER, CHIEF ENGINEER, AND GENERAL COUNSEL AND OTHER
STAFF AS THE WSSC CONSIDERS NECESSARY; AND

(3)  APPOINT, DISCHARGE, AND FIX THE COMPENSATION
OF ALL OF ITS EMPLOYEES BY OBSERVING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THIS TITLE.

[11-12. Special consultants or other outside services.]

(C)   [Nothing in this] THIS subtitle [contained shall]
DOES NOT prohibit the [commission] WSSC from employing
[such] consulting or other outside engineering services [as
it deems necessary from time to time] THAT THE WSSC
CONSIDERS NECESSARY.

[11-1] 11-102. Authorized; personnel included; rules and
regulations.

(A) (1) The [Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission,
created by chapter 122 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1918, be and is hereby authorized and
empowered to] WSSC MAY create or establish a merit system or
classified service to include all of its employees except
the chief engineer, secretary [and/or], treasurer, [the]
general manager, [if one be appointed,] the heads of the
several departments, and part time, temporary, or contract
employees.

(2) The [commission] WSSC may:

(I) [appoint] APPOINT or promote [an] A
CLASSIFIED employee [in the classified service] to the
office of general manager or to be a department head[,] or
[may] designate a classified employee as the incumbent of