Ch. 161                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECRETARY DETERMINES THAT COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS CANNOT VALIDLY
EVALUATE THE KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL
PERFORMANCE IN POSITIONS IN SUCH CLASSES, and may, if [he] THE
SECRETARY sees fit, provide in lieu of said competitive
examinations such system or systems of registration for said
laborers or otherwise as in its judgment will best provide for
such positions AND CLASSES; and provide further as to all
positions that the Secretary may by [his] rules give preference
in competition for higher classes of positions to classified
service employees or to classified service employees of a certain
class or classes by giving credit for experience and demonstrated
efficiency (not to exceed twenty per centum of all marks) in
determining the relative fitness for promotion of such employees.
Veterans of the military and naval services of the United States
who served a minimum of 90 days or were released prior to that
length of service due to a service-connected disability prior to
January 31, 1955, or who served on or after January 31, 1955, for
a minimum of 181 days of continuous active duty or were released
prior to that length of time due to a service-connected
disability, who have either been honorably discharged or who have
received a certificate of satisfactory completion of such
service, and who have been bona fide residents of this State for
five years or more immediately prior to filing an application,
shall be given special credit for such service. Such war veterans
who are disabled as a result of their war service shall be given
credit of ten points in all examinations for appointments.
Nondisabled veterans shall be given a credit of five points in
all examinations for appointment. All such credit shall be
allowed only in determining the standing on the certification of
eligibles of said veteran.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 5, 1989.

CHAPTER 161

(House Bill 92)

AN ACT concerning

Frederick County - Electric Lighting Districts

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of County Commissioners
of Frederick County to establish, at its own initiative,
electric lighting districts in the County under certain
conditions; requiring the County Commissioners to hold a
public hearing on any proposal to establish an electric

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