WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                              Ch. 10

ON REQUEST OF THE SECRETARY, ALL EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS OF THIS
STATE OR OF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THIS STATE SHALL:

(1)      ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT REASONABLE USE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
FOR TESTS OR INVESTIGATIONS UNDER THIS DIVISION I;

(2)      PROVIDE HEAT AND LIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS USED BY
THE DEPARTMENT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION; AND

(3)      IN ALL OTHER PROPER WAYS, FACILITATE THE WORK OF THE
DEPARTMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 64A, § 14.

Throughout this section, former references to providing assistance to the
"Secretary" are revised to refer generally to assisting the "Department".
However, the conditional statement "[o]n request of the Secretary" is retained
in subsection (a) of this section and, for consistency, added to subsection (b)
of this section.

In subsection (b)(1) of this section, the former reference to "rooms" is deleted
as surplusage.

Defined terms: "County" § 1-101
"Department" § 1-101
"Secretary" § 1-101

SUBTITLE 3. DELEGATION OF HEARING AUTHORITY.

2-301. HEARINGS AND FINAL DECISIONS.

THE SECRETARY MAY DELEGATE TO THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
HEARINGS THE AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT A HEARING AND ISSUE A FINAL DECISION
IN:

(1)      A GRIEVANCE UNDER § 10-209(B) OF THIS ARTICLE; AND

(2)      AN APPEAL UNDER § 6-107(D)(l) OF THIS ARTICLE FROM THE DENIAL .
OF A PAY INCREMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 64A, § 36A(a).

The term "Office of Administrative Hearings" is substituted for the former
obsolete reference to "an arbitrator of the ... Department of Personnel" to
conform to the recently enacted requirements of Title 9, Subtitle 16 of the
State Government Article.

Defined term: "Secretary" § 1-101

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