WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 10

(5)     Submission of periodic reports and evaluations as required by the State
Administration;

(6)     Submission of an annual report to the local board of the respective local
department in the counties and to the local commission of the local department in
Baltimore City; and

(7)     Other responsibilities as may from time to time be required by the State
Administration or by other applicable laws, rules and regulations.

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

State Personnel Article, also added subsection (b-1) of this section and
amended subsection (c)(3) of this section to incorporate without substantive
change former Art. 64A, § 4(13) and (14) and to make stylistic changes.

In subsection (c)(3) of this section, the phrase "[e]xcept as provided
otherwise by law" is added to reflect other laws that may affect the status of
various employees. See, e.g., Title 1, Subtitle 4 of the State Personnel Article.

Article - Agriculture

8-203.

(e) (1) The district clerical and administrative employees supported by State
funds on July 1, 1978, [upon] ON application by the district, shall become eligible for
appointment under the State [merit system] PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM as
CLASSIFIED SERVICE employees of the State Soil Conservation Committee to be
assigned to districts as provided [under Article 64A, § 9P] IN THIS SUBSECTION. The
Committee may employ part-time classified personnel for these positions if full funding is
not available from State or local sources, or both.

(2) (I) ANY SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT, WITH CONCURRENCE OF
THE STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE AND ON APPLICATION TO THE
SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL BEFORE JULY 1, 1979, MAY HAVE ALL OF ITS CLERICAL
AND ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY STATE
FUNDS AND WHO WERE EMPLOYED ON JUNE 30, 1978, AND WHO ARE OTHERWISE
ELIGIBLE, APPOINTED UNDER THE STATE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS
CLASSIFIED SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
ASSIGNED TO THE DISTRICT.

(II)     ANY EMPLOYEE APPOINTED TO THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE
UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH (2) SHALL BE APPOINTED WITHOUT FURTHER
EXAMINATION OR QUALIFICATION. EACH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE PLACED IN THE
CLASSIFICATION THAT IS COMPARABLE TO, OR MOST CLOSELY COMPARES WITH,
THE EMPLOYEE'S FORMER POSITION IN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

(III)   EMPLOYEES APPOINTED TO THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE UNDER
THIS PARAGRAPH (2) MAY NOT SUFFER A DIMINUTION OF SALARY OR WAGES,
ACCRUED PAID LEAVE WHETHER EARNED OR GRANTED, OR SENIORITY RIGHTS.
ANY INCREASE IN SALARY OR WAGES GRANTED AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1977, MAY BE
RETAINED UPON APPOINTMENT TO THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE ONLY IF APPROVED
BY THE SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL.

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