WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                     Ch. 11

The typographical error was noted by the Division of
Code Revision of the Department of Legislative
Reference.

Article 64A - Merit System

1.

In this article and in all rules made hereunder, unless the
context otherwise requires - "Commissioner" or "Secretary" [mean]
MEANS the Secretary of Personnel appointed under Article 41, §
9-101, of this Code. "The classified service" means and
includes all offices of profit or trust and all places of
employment, whether permanent or temporary, in the service of any
State officer, department, commission, board or institution,
other than those in the military forces, and other than those
enumerated in § 3 of this article. "Classified service
position" or "position" means any office or place of employment
in the classified service. "Classified service employee" or
"employee" means a person who holds under the terms of this
article, a position in the classified service, but shall not
include a person employed by contract to render a temporary
special service for the State. However, all such contractual
employment is subject to the provisions of Section 15A of this
article. "Class of position" or "class" means a group,
established under the article of positions similar in respect to
the duties and responsibilities thereof and the qualifications
required therefor. "Classification title", "class title", or
"title" means the designation given, under this article, to a
class and to each position in the class and to the employee in
each position in the class. "Appointing authority" means any
commission, board or officer having power to make appointments.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This corrects a grammatical error in
Article 64A, § 1.

The grammatical error occurred in Ch. 98 of the Acts
of 1970.

The grammatical error was noted by the Michie Company.

12-I.

(d) In any hearing held pursuant to this section,
confidentiality shall be maintained regarding any record or
information the privacy or confidentiality of which is protected
pursuant to [Article 76A - Public Information] TITLE 10, SUBTITLE
6 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. If any record so protected is
deemed essential to the conduct of a hearing, names and other
identifying information shall be deleted as necessary to maintain
confidentiality.

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