WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 22

Article - Agriculture

2-102.

(d)     (1) (I) The Secretary also shall have within the Department assistants,
professional consultants, and employees as provided in the State budget.

(II)     Assistants in charge of areas of responsibility and professional
consultants SHALL BE IN THE UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE OF THE STATE PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SHALL serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.

(III)   Wherever it is provided by law that the Secretary makes an
appointment to a particular office within the Department with the approval of the
Governor, the Secretary may not remove the appointee without first obtaining the
Governor's approval.

(2)      [ Unless] EXCEPT AS otherwise provided BY LAW, the Secretary shall
appoint and remove all other personnel in accordance with the provisions of the State
[Merit System Law] PERSONNEL ARTICLE THAT GOVERN CLASSIFIED SERVICE
EMPLOYEES.

(3)      The Secretary may delegate the authority to appoint and remove
personnel of any unit to the administrator of the unit.

4-106.

The Secretary may enforce the provisions of this subtitle through meat inspectors,
agents, and other employees designated or appointed consistently with the provisions of
this subtitle. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 4-104 OF THIS SUBTITLE OR OTHERWISE BY
LAW, [All] ALL inspectors shall be employed [under the State Merit System Law except
as otherwise provided in § 4-104] IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF THE STATE
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

15.5-205.

(e)     The [position of the] executive director is [not] in the [classified]
UNCLASSIFIED service of the State PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

16-205.

(e) The [position of the] executive director is [not] in the [classified]
UNCLASSIFIED service of the State PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

Article - Business Regulation

2-103.

(b) (2) Each staff assistant in the Office of the Secretary in charge of a
particular area of responsibility[,] and each professional consultant[,] IS IN THE
UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE OF THE STATE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND is
appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Secretary.

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