WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 10

appointed to the [State Merit System] CLASSIFIED SERVICE under this section will be
given credit thereunder for the years of service rendered in Prince George's County for
the purposes of establishing retirement and death benefits, compensation rates, including
longevity steps, and the basic rates for vacation and sick leave credit earnings and for
purposes of calculating [his] THE EMPLOYEE'S rate of contribution into the State
Employees' Retirement System. No employee who has been transferred from the Prince
George's County division of air pollution control will receive any diminution in
compensation solely as a result of the transfer and appointment.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 64A, § 25D.

Former § 25D is not retained in the Code because it is apparently obsolete.
However, it is transferred to the Session Laws to avoid any inadvertent
substantive effect that its repeal might have on any employee.

The only changes are in style.

[25E.] 25.

(a)      [The] AS OF JULY 1, 1978, Baltimore City employees of the local
administration activity State of Maryland Medical Assistance Program are transferred to
the State [Merit System] CLASSIFIED SERVICE.

(b)     Any employee transferred to the [State Merit System] CLASSIFIED SERVICE
pursuant to this section shall be appointed without further examination or qualification.
Persons who have not completed a probationary period with Baltimore City shall serve
the normal probationary period upon transfer. Each employee shall be placed in [that]
THE classification [which] THAT is comparable to, or COMPARES most closely
[compares] with, the employees's former position in duties and responsibilities.

Employees so transferred pursuant to this section 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 subsequent to July 1, 1977, may be retained upon
appointment to the classified service only if approved by the Secretary of Personnel. The
Secretary of Personnel shall consider the monetary value of any and all other benefits,
entitlements, services or prerogatives and, at [his] THE SECRETARY'S discretion and in
consideration of the best interests of the classified service, may take such values or any
portion thereof into consideration when establishing the rate of salary upon appointment.
Once the rate of salary has been established upon appointment, the employee shall be
entitled to the same benefits provided to classified SERVICE employees [established by
Article 64A of the Code].

(c)     Those employees who are transferred shall become members of the State
Employees' Retirement System under Article 73B of this Code, and shall transfer all
contributions as provided in Article 73B, § 1-403 OF THE CODE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 64A, § 25E.

Former § 25E is not retained in the Code because it is apparently obsolete.
However, it is transferred to the Session Laws to avoid any inadvertent
substantive effect that its repeal might have on any employee.

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