WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 22

(i) Is [employed under the State Merit System Law] IN THE
CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF THE STATE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; and

(ii) Is entitled to the salary provided in the pay plan established under
[Article 64A, § 27 of the Code] TITLE 6, SUBTITLE 1 OF THE STATE PERSONNEL
ARTICLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 2(7) through
(10), respectively, of Article 88B - State Police of the Annotated Code of Maryland be
renumbered to be Section(s) 2(6) through (9), respectively.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is not intended to
change the status as of the effective date of this Act of any employee, official, or position
from the State Personnel Management System or any other personnel system to a
different personnel system, from the unclassified service to the classified service, from the
classified service to the unclassified service, or otherwise from one employment status to
a different employment status.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as expressly
provided to the contrary in this Act, any transaction or employment status affected by or
flowing from any change of nomenclature or any statute amended, repealed, or
transferred by this Act and validly entered into or existing before the effective date of this
Act and every right, duty, or interest flowing from the statute, remains valid after the
effective date of this Act and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced
as required or allowed by any statute amended, repealed, or transferred by this Act as
though the repeal, amendment, or transfer had not occurred. If the change in
nomenclature involves a change in name or designation of any State unit, the successor
unit shall be considered in all respects as having the powers and obligations granted the
former unit.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 3 of Chapter
____ (S.B. 478) of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993 be repealed.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has been
passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the
two Houses of the General Assembly, and, except as provided in Section 7 of this Act, shall
take effect from the dale it is enacted.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections 1 through 4 of this
Act shall take effect October 1, 1993.

Approved April 13, 1993.

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