Ch. 589

LAWS OF MARYLAND

for business on that day. The term "a day other than Sunday" as
used herein shall mean any consecutive twenty-four hour period.

(e)  The State's Attorney of Harford County may petition the
circuit court to enjoin any violation of this section.

(f)  Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation violating
the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction, is subject to the following penalties: a fine
not to exceed $10,000 or an order closing the business
establishment up to ten business days, or both.

(g)  In Harford County, notwithstanding any agreement to the
contrary, no person may be required to open his place of business
on Sunday.]

[534R-1.

(a)  The provisions of this section apply to any retail
establishment or wholesale establishment that operates in Harford
County on any Sunday.

(b)  As used in this section:

(1)  A managerial employee is an employee who is not
coveted by a collective bargaining agreement and:

(i) Whose primary duties consist of the
management of the enterprise in which he is employed or of a
customarily recognized department or subdivision thereof; and

(ii) Who customarily and regularly directs the
work of two or more other employees; and

(iii) Who either has the authority to hire or
fire other employees or whose suggestions and recommendations as
to the hiring and firing and as to the advancement and promotion
or any other change of status of other employees will be given
particular weight; and

(iv) Who customarily and regularly exercises
discretionary powers.

(2)  A professional employee is an employee whose
primary duties consist of the performance of work requiring
knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning
customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized
intellectual instruction and study.

(c)  (1) Except in cases of an emergency declared by the
federal, State, or county government, every nonmanagerial or
nonprofessional person employed in any retail or wholesale
establishment may choose Sunday or his Sabbath as a day of rest

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