HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(II)  The annual fee for this special license
shall be $25.

(III)  IF A BOAT OWNER PURCHASES THE. SPECIAL
LICENSE UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH, THE BOAT OWNER MAY FISH ANYWHERE IN
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, WHETHER THE BOAT OWNER IS FISHING IN THE
OWNER'S BOAT, IN ANOTHER PERSON'S BOAT, ON LAND, OR ELSEWHERE.

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

Approved May 21, 1985.

CHAPTER 408

(House Bill 1123)

AN ACT concerning

Merit System - Examinations - Credit

FOR the purpose of requiring the Secretary of Personnel to give
credit to applicants for employment with the Division of
Correction who are residents of counties in the State that
have had a certain unemployment rate; providing for
termination of this Act; and generally relating to
examinations given under the Merit System of the State.

BY adding to

Article 64A - Merit System

Section 18(d-l)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

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

Article 64A - Merit System

18.

(1) IN THIS SUBSECTION, "AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE"
MEANS A ROLLING AVERAGE FOR THE PRECEDING 9-MONTH PERIOD.

(D-l) IN AN EXAMINATION FOR INITIAL APPOINTMENT AND
EMPLOYMENT WITH THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, THE SECRETARY OF
PERSONNEL SHALL GIVE CREDIT OF 5 POINTS TO A RESIDENT OF ANY