HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(2)  ON APPOINTMENT, NEED NOT BE A RESIDENT OF THE
COUNTY FOR WHICH THE SUPERVISOR WAS APPOINTED, BUT SHALL BECOME A
RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY AFTER THE APPOINTMENT IS MADE; AND

(3)  MAY NOT CONTINUE TO HOLD OFFICE AFTER REACHING
THE AGE OF 70 YEARS.

(D)  REMOVAL.

A SUPERVISOR MAY BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE ONLY AFTER A HEARING
BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT AND A FINDING OF . INCOMPETENCY OR OTHER
CAUSE.

(E)  CLASSIFICATIONS AND SALARIES.

THE CLASSIFICATIONS AND SALARIES OF SUPERVISORS SHALL BE SET
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE MERIT SYSTEM LAW.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 81, §§
236(a) and 233(a) through (e) and (h).

In subsections (a), (c)(2), and (e) of this section,
the former reference to "Baltimore City" is deleted as
included in the defined term "county".

Subsections (b)(2) and (4) of this section are revised
to refer only to the Director in regard to the process
of appointing supervisors, since former Art. 81, §
233(a) specifically provided that the "Director" of
the State Department of Assessments and Taxation shall
appoint the supervisors. Therefore, the defined term
"Director" is substituted for the references in former
Art. 81, § 233(a) and (e) to the "Department",
regarding these appointments, to avoid confusion.

In subsection (b)(3) of this section the reference to
"written" notice of a vacancy is added for clarity.

The introductory language of subsection (c) of this
section, "[i]n addition to the qualifications set
under § 2-109 of this subtitle" is added for clarity.

Subsection (c)(1) of this section, sets forth a
prohibition that applies, to any individual in an
office of profit under the Md. Decl. of Rights, Art.
35. The provision is included in this section to
retain the manifestation of the General Assembly's
opinion that a supervisor of assessments is an officer
of profit.

As to subsection (e) of this section, although    the

classifications and salaries of the supervisors   are

set under the State Merit System Law, supervisors     are
not classified employees; see Article 64A, § 3.