WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 10

Workers' Compensation Act is set out in Title 9, Subtitle 2 of the Labor and
Employment Article and eligibility for participation in each of the various
pension and retirement plans is established in Article 73B of the Code. The
General Assembly may wish to delete subsection (c) of this section as
unnecessary in light of the specific provisions elsewhere in the Code or, for
consistency, add similar provisions, as appropriate, to the law governing
temporary extra and contractual employees.

Defined terms: "Appointing authority" § 1-101
"Position" § 1-101
"Secretary" § 1-101

12-102. TEMPORARY EXTRA EMPLOYEES.

(A)     IN GENERAL.

IF AN EXTRA POSITION IS NEEDED FOR 6 MONTHS OR LESS BECAUSE OF
PRESSURE FROM WORK, AN APPOINTING AUTHORITY MAY REQUEST THE
SECRETARY TO AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF A TEMPORARY EXTRA
EMPLOYEE.

(B)     CONTENTS OF REQUEST.
THE REQUEST SHALL STATE:

(1)      THE DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED; AND

(2)      THE PROBABLE LENGTH OF EMPLOYMENT.

(C)     AUTHORIZATION BY SECRETARY.

THE SECRETARY MAY AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY TO APPOINT,
WITH OR WITHOUT A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, ANY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL TO
THE POSITION AS A TEMPORARY EXTRA EMPLOYEE.

(D)     APPOINTMENT.

THE APPOINTMENT OF A TEMPORARY EXTRA EMPLOYEE UNDER THIS
SECTION:

(1)      MAY NOT EXCEED 6 MONTHS; AND

(2)      TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, SHALL BE MADE FROM A LIST OF
ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 64A, § 24(a).

As to benefits, see Revisor's Note to § 12-101 of this subtitle.

Defined terms: "Appointing authority" § 1-101
"Position" § 1-101
"Secretary" § 1-101

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