Ch. 20                                       1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

6-404.

(a)     (1) This subsection does not apply to the wages of an employee holding [a
temporary pending,] AN emergency [,].or temporary extra position under [§ 4-306,] §
12-101 [,] or § 12-102 of this article.

(b)     Subject to the approval of the Governor, the Secretary may adopt regulations
that prohibit a State officer from paying [a classified service] AN employee IN THE
STATE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM any wages unless:

(1)     the officer has a payroll authorization from the Secretary that lists:
(i) the name of that employee;

(ii) the amount to be paid to that employee; and
(iii) the services for which payment is to be paid; and

(2)     the head of a principal department or other independent unit certifies in
each payroll for that department or unit that the employees named in the payroll have
been lawfully employed during the pay period and are entitled to the compensation
authorized by the Secretary.

7-101.

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, this section
applies to:

(i) all employees, including [appointed officials and] classified,
unclassified, full-time, part-time, permanent, temporary, and contractual employees, of
all units in the executive branch of State government; and

(ii) all classified service employees of the District Court of Maryland.

7-301.

This subtitle applies to [:

(1)] all classified service and unclassified service employees in the State
Personnel Management System [; and

(2)     all employees in the executive branch of State government who are
appointed officials].

7-303.

(a)     In this section, "total State service" includes any previous [continuous] State
service.

7-502.

(b)     Sick leave may be used:

(3)      [following the employee's] WHEN A CHILD IS PLACED WITH THE
EMPLOYEE FOR adoption [of a child].

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