Ch. 196                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

POLICIES RELATED TO THE SERVICE. He is responsible for the exercise of all powers
and duties conferred upon the Service by the provisions of this subtitle except for those
powers and duties specifically conferred by this subtitle on the secretary, treasurer, or
board.

(2) The deputy director shall have the duties provided by law or delegated
by the director.

(d) [(1) The staff of the Service consists, in part, of the State employees
necessary to carry out the duties of the Service. The director appoints and removes these
employees in accordance with the provisions .and restrictions of the State Merit System
Law, except that the positions which are designated by the director, with the approval of
the Secretary of Natural Resources, as technical, administrative, and professional
positions for the operation and support of the Service are unclassified positions which
receive the salaries set by the Secretary of Natural Resources and provided in the budget.
The other State employees of the Service are classified employees. Provision shall be
made in the budget for compensation of the State employees of the Service.

(2) The staff of the Service consists, in part, of employees who are not State
employees but who are necessary to carry out the duties of the Service. The director
appoints and removes, and sets the compensation for, these employees in accordance with
guidelines and procedures approved by the board of directors of the Service.

(e)] (1) The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board [of
directors] and be custodian of all books, documents, and papers filed with the Service
and of the minute book or journal of the Service and its official seal. He may have copies
made of all minutes, records, and documents of the Service and certify them to be true
copies under the official seal of the Service. Any person dealing with the Service may rely
upon these certificates, and certified copies shall be received as evidence in any court or
other tribunal in the State, in the same manner and with the same effect as if the original
books, papers, entries, records, or proceedings could be produced.

(2) The secretary, with the approval of the board [of directors], may
delegate to the deputy director, during an absence of the secretary, any duty enumerated
in paragraph (1) of this subsection.

[(f)] (E) (i) The treasurer shall develop and maintain a detailed and accurate
accounting system for all financial transactions of the Service, and he shall perform other
duties relating to the financial affairs of the Service as required by law or by a directive of
the board [of directors]. Unless any money of the Service is otherwise held by or payable
to a trustee appointed pursuant to a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes
or under a trust agreement securing the bonds or notes, the treasurer shall receive money
of the Service until otherwise prescribed by law, he shall deposit the money as soon as it
is received to the credit of the Service in any financial institution in which the State
Treasurer is authorized to deposit State funds. He shall disburse money for the purposes
of the Service according to law, only upon his warrant. He shall make arrangements for
the payment of the interest on and principal of the Service debt. Upon entering the
performance of his duties, the treasurer shall be covered by a surety bond in accordance
with the provisions of law concerning the State Employees Surety Bond Committee.

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