Ch. 10

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(II) FIXED RATES.

(B)     CONSIDERATIONS.

IN SETTING OR AMENDING A PAY RATE, THE SECRETARY SHALL CONSIDER:

(1)      THE PREVAILING PAY RATES FOR COMPARABLE SERVICES IN
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT;             

(2)      EXPERIENCE;

(3)      LIVING COSTS;

(4)      BENEFITS; AND

(5)      THE FINANCIAL CONDITION AND POLICIES OF THIS STATE.

(C)     LIMITATIONS.

(1)      A PAY RATE IN EITHER PAY PLAN IS SUBJECT TO ANY LIMITATIONS
INCLUDED IN THE STATE BUDGET.

(2)      THE STARTING PAY RATE FOR AN EMPLOYEE WHOSE POSITION IS IN
THE EXECUTIVE PAY PLAN MAY NOT EXCEED THE PAY RATE SET FOR THE SECOND
STEP OF THE GRADE SPECIFIED FOR THE POSITION, UNLESS:

(I)      EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST; AND

(II)     THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS APPROVES THE HIGHER
STARTING PAY.

(3)      THE PAY RATE FOR A PHYSICIAN IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND MENTAL HYGIENE WHOSE POSITION IS IN THE EXECUTIVE PAY PLAN SHALL BE
SET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PHYSICIAN-ADMINISTRATOR PAY SCHEDULE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a)(1) of this section is new language added to
state expressly the methods by which pay rates in the Standard Pay Plan are
set in practice.

Subsections (a)(2), (b), and (c) of this section are new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 64A, § 27(a)(1)(ii), (a)(2)(iii),
and (a)(2)(vi) through (viii).

In subsection (b) of this section, the reference to "amending" a pay rate is
added for clarity.

In subsection (b)(4) of this section, the former reference to "maintenance",
which referred to meals and housing provided by the State, is deleted as
included in the general reference to "benefits".

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