WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 10

Former Art. 64A, § 9G(f), as it allowed an election board to have its
employees covered by a county merit system, if the board adopted a resolution
by August 1, 1971, and received approval of the Secretary of Personnel by
October 1, 1971, is also deleted as obsolete.

Article 49B - Human Relations Commission

2.

(c) (1) The Human Relations Commission may employ its own attorney, who
shall be appointed and removed by the Executive Director with the approval of the
Commission. The attorney shall receive compensation as provided in the budget, and
shall act as general counsel and legal advisor to the Human Relations Commission and
shall represent the Human Relations Commission at all hearings and judicial proceedings
in which the Human Relations Commission is a party. The office of the general counsel
shall include additional personnel as provided in the budget.

(2) THE GENERAL COUNSEL AND ANY ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL
ARE IN THE UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE OF THE STATE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Chapter______, Acts of 1993, which enacted Division I of the

State Personnel Article, also added subsection (c)(2) of this section, which is
derived without substantive change from former Art. 64A, § 3(7).

17A.

THIS STATE, ITS OFFICERS, AND ITS UNITS MAY NOT RAISE SOVEREIGN
IMMUNITY AS A DEFENSE AGAINST A SALARY AWARD IN AN EMPLOYMENT
DISCRIMINATION CASE UNDER § 16 OF THIS ARTICLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Chapter ______, Acts of 1993, which enacted Division I of

the State Personnel Article, also added this section, which is derived without
substantive change from the second sentence of former Art. 64A, § 56(b) and,
as it related to the defense of sovereign immunity in employment
discrimination cases, § 56(a).

As to limitations on the use of sovereign immunity as a defense in proceedings
involving employee grievances and hearings held under the State Personnel
Article, see SP § 14-103.

Article 73B - Pensions

1-507.

(a)     In this section "former Baltimore City Jail employee" means a person who
was an employee of the Baltimore City Jail as of June 30, 1991 and who was subsequently
employed by the Baltimore City Detention Center on July 1, 1991.

(b)     Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each former Baltimore
City Jail employee shall remain a member of the Employees' Retirement System of the
City of Baltimore. The State shall contribute annually to the Employees' Retirement
System of the City of Baltimore the employer's cost of the pension coverage. This cost

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