HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     2767

ACCUMULATED ANNUAL LEAVE OR SICK LEAVE CREDITED TO THE EMPLOYEE
AT THE TIME OF THE INCLUSION MAY NOT BE REDUCED.

(B) ANY EMPLOYEE TRANSFERRED TO THE STATE MERIT SYSTEM
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE APPOINTED WITHOUT FURTHER
EXAMINATION OR QUALIFICATION. EACH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE PLACED IN
THAT CLASSIFICATION WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO, OR MOST CLOSELY
COMPARES WITH, THE EMPLOYEE'S FORMER POSITION IN DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES. EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
MAY NOT SUFFER A DIMINUTION OF SALARY OR WAGES, ACCRUED PAID
LEAVE WHETHER EARNED OR GRANTED, SICK LEAVE, OR SENIORITY RIGHTS.

(C) THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TRANSFERRED MAY BECOME MEMBERS
OF THE PENSION SYSTEM FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND
UNDER ARTICLE 73B OF THIS CODE AND MAY TRANSFER ALL CONTRIBUTIONS
AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 73B, § 32A OF THE CODE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 517

(Senate Bill 132)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland State Police - Overtime Compensation

FOR the purpose of establishing a minimum time for which law
enforcement employees of the Maryland State Police are to
receive overtime compensation when the employees are
required to change duty status from off-duty to on-duty
under certain conditions; providing for the computation of
this minimum time of overtime compensation; and generally
relating to overtime compensation for certain law
enforcement employees of the Maryland State Police.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

Section 76(d)(1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment