HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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produce books, accounts, records, papers and correspondence
touching the matter in question. Any person failing to obey such
order of court, may be punished by such court as a contempt
thereof.

515.

(a)  The examination required under § 514 of this subtitle
shall test knowledge of the following areas:

(6) The provisions of this [act] SUBTITLE.

Article 64A - Merit System

9F.

Any contractual employee of the bookshop of Towson State
College who has had as of July 1, 1971, continuous, full-time,
satisfactory service for a period equivalent to that required to
complete a probationary period in the classified service shall be
adopted into the merit system under [Article 64A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland,] THIS ARTICLE without further examination or
qualification. An employee adopted into the State merit system
pursuant to this section shall be given credit for the years of
service rendered as a contractual employee of the bookshop of
Towson State College for the purpose of establishing (1)
compensation rates including increments, and (2) the basic rates
for annual leave and sick leave credit earnings provided under
[said Article 64A] THIS ARTICLE. An employee who has been
included into the State merit system under this section shall not
receive any diminution in compensation (based on the employee's
salary as of the date of adoption) solely as a result of such
inclusion. Neither shall there be any diminution in respective
amounts of accumulated annual leave and sick leave credited to
each such employee at the time of such inclusion.

9P.

(b)  Employees so appointed pursuant to this section may not
suffer a diminution of salary or wages, accrued paid leave
whether earned or granted, or seniority rights. Any increase in
salary or wages granted subsequent to December 31, 1977, may be
retained upon appointment to the classified service only if
approved by the Secretary of Personnel. The Secretary of
Personnel shall consider the monetary value of any and all other
benefits, entitlements, services or prerogatives and, at his
discretion and in consideration of the best interests of the
classified service may take such values or any portion thereof
into consideration when establishing the rate of salary upon
appointment. Once the rate of salary has been established upon
appointment, the employee shall be entitled to the same benefits
provided to classified employees established by [Article 64A of
the Code] THIS ARTICLE. Funding for these positions may be on a
cost-sharing arrangement with local governments.