WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 589

[534F.

No IN WICOMICO, WASHINGTON, AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES, NO
contracts hereafter entered into and executed by and between the
parties thereto on Sunday shall be subject to the prohibitions
and penalties elsewhere contained in this subheading.]

[534G.

Nothing contained in §§ 492, 521, or 522 of this article, as
amended from time to time, shall be applicable within Prince
George's County.]

[534H.

In Prince George's County, retail or wholesale
establishments shall operate subject to the following:

1.  Except in cases of an emergency as declared by a
federal, State or local governmental authority, every
nonmanagerial or nonprofessional person employed by any employer
in a retail or wholesale establishment, as a matter of right,
shall be entitled to choose as a day of rest his Sabbath, or may
choose Sunday as a day of rest, if he does not choose as a day of
rest his Sabbath, and upon the filing of written notice by the
employee with the employer that the employee chooses such day as
a day of rest, no employer may discharge, discipline,
discriminate against or penalize the employee in any manner for
exercising his rights under this subsection.

2.  In the event the employee desires to change his written
designation during the course of his employment, he may do so
provided that he first files with his employer written notice of
that change no later than 30 days prior to its effective date.

3.  In any application for full-time employment, no employer
may require any prospective employee for full-time employment to
answer any question as to whether or not the employee chooses his
Sabbath or Sunday as a day of rest.

4.  Any employer, who violates § 534H, is guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than
$250 nor more than $500 for each offense. In the event an
employer compels a nonmanagerial or nonprofessional employee to
work on his chosen day of rest in violation of § 534H, that
employer shall be liable to the aggrieved employee for wages at
the rate of three times the employee's regular rate of pay for
all hours worked by that employee on his chosen day of rest.

Nothing contained in this section may be construed to permit
any fine or penalty against any supervisory employee or agent who
has been caused, directed or authorized by his employer to

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