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County Commissioners additionally shall have the power and
authority to include in the county's merit system the employees
of the Dorchester County liquor control board, the Dorchester
County Sheriff's department, and the Dorchester County Sanitary
District. IN SOMERSET COUNTY, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ADDITIONALLY SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO INCLUDE IN THE
COUNTY'S MERIT SYSTEM THE EMPLOYEES OF THE SOMERSET COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

The County Commissioners of Garrett County shall institute a
merit system for all county employees pursuant to the final
reports and recommendations of the merit system commission and
governmental study commission of Garrett County, the system to be
effective as of January 1, 1972.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved April 9, 1985.

CHAPTER 71

(House Bill 612)

AN ACT concerning

Federal Aid Application Regulations - State
Application Identifier Number

FOR the purpose of requiring certain regulations of the
Department of State Planning dealing with federal aid
applications to require a unit of the State government to
obtain a State Application Identifier (SAI) number from the
Department of State Planning.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 2-203(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter ____ (H.B. 1) of the

Acts of the General Assembly of 1985)

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

Article - State Finance and Procurement

2-203.