HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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"rights, powers, duties, land] obligations", for
brevity.

Subsection (d) of this section is revised to cover all
property of a superseded unit that does not vest under
subsections (b) and (c) of this section. Former Art.
41, § 5 read, in part, "where none of the rights ...
or functions ... is transferred" and, thus, failed to
reflect that a unit may be abolished and only part of
its functions -- and, therefore -- property
transferred.

As to the substitution of "unit" for the former words
such as "office ... or other governmental agency" and
"department", see the General Revisor's Note to this
article.

10-703. EMPLOYEES.

EMPLOYEES OF AN ABOLISHED OR SUPERSEDED UNIT WHO ARE IN THE
CLASSIFIED SERVICE UNDER THE MERIT SYSTEM LAW:

(1)  KEEP THEIR MERIT SYSTEM STATUS; AND

(2)   IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MERIT SYSTEM LAW AND THE
REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER IT, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REEMPLOYMENT BY
THE SUCCESSOR OR BY ANOTHER UNIT IN THE RESPECTIVE CLASSIFIED
SERVICE POSITION IN THE STATE MERIT SYSTEM SERVICE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 41, § 6.

The former exception "unless otherwise provided in
such act" -- i.e., an act that abolishes or supersedes
a unit -- is deleted as unnecessary since the later
enacted and more specific provision would govern in
any event.

10-704. HEARINGS AND PROCEEDINGS.

(A)  CONTINUATION OF PROCEEDING.

EACH PETITION, HEARING, OR OTHER PROCEEDING THAT WAS PENDING
BEFORE AN ABOLISHED OR SUPERSEDED UNIT AND EACH PROCEEDING OR
INVESTIGATION THAT WAS BEGUN BY THE UNIT REMAINS IN FORCE.

(B)  COMPLETION OF PROCEEDING.

THE SUCCESSOR OR ANOTHER UNIT DESIGNATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
LAW MAY COMPLETE A PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCE ANY
PENALTY OR FORFEITURE TO THE SAME EXTENT AS THE ABOLISHED OR
SUPERSEDED UNIT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 41, § 7.