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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 911

The Commission shall submit an annual report to the
Governor and, SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 40, § 51 OF THE CODE, TO
THE legislature through the Secretary of the Department of
Human Resources and shall include recommendations based on
its studies.

Article 64A - Merit System

10.

The Secretary of Personnel may appoint his employees
and may incur expenses for office rent, printing,
advertising, stationery, salaries of employees and other
expenses incidental to the administration of this article,
within the limits of the amounts appropriated therefor by
the General Assembly in the budget bill.

The employees of the Secretary of Personnel, except as
provided in Article 41 of this Code or otherwise provided by
law, shall be included in the classified service.

[The] SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 40, § 51 OF THE CODE, THE
Secretary of Personnel shall make an annual report on or
before January 1st in each year to the Governor and by
January 15 of each year to the General Assembly concerning
his work and proceedings and including statistics and
ranking of this data as to minority group employees compared
to all employees in all job categories and shall include
therein any recommendations he deems advisable in regard to
conditions in service of the State -- classified and
unclassified. All rules of the Secretary of Personnel shall
be open to public inspection at the office of the Secretary.

Wherever in this article the words "Commissioner" or
"Secretary" appear, they shall be deemed to mean and shall
refer to the Secretary of Personnel; and wherever in this
Code the words "State Employment Commissioner" or
"Commissioner of State Employment and Registration" appear,
they shall be deemed to mean and shall refer to the
Secretary of Personnel.

29.

[The] SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 40, § 51 OF THE CODE, THE
Secretary of Personnel shall furnish each member of the
General Assembly with a copy of the amended schedule of any
salary revision promptly after said schedule has been
approved by the Governor.

32A.

(a) The awards program set forth in this section shall
be carried out under such regulations and instructions as
may be issued by the Secretary of Personnel, who shall
annually report the results of the program, with related