Ch. 467                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

making a technical correction concerning the application of disciplinary suspension
procedures; making this Act an emergency measure; and generally relating to State
employee grievance and disciplinary suspension procedures:

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Personnel and Pensions
Section 9-401 and 10-101
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Personnel and Pensions

9-401.

(a)      This subtitle applies [only] to ALL classified service AND UNCLASSIFIED
SERVICE employees IN THE STATE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

(b)      This subtitle does not apply to a suspension pending the disposition of a charge for
removal of a classified service employee.

10-101.

(A)     In this title, "grievance" means a dispute between an employee and the
employee's employer about the interpretation of and application to the employee of:

(1)      a personnel policy or regulation adopted by the Secretary; or

(2)      any other policy or regulation over which management has control.

(B)      "GRIEVANCE" DOES NOT INCLUDE A DISPUTE CONCERNING:

(1)      THE PAY RATE FOR A JOB CLASS;

(2)      THE KIND, EXTENT, OR LEVEL OF FRINGE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY
THE STATE;

(3)     THE AMOUNT OR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF A STATEWIDE GENERAL
PAY INCREASE; OR

(4)      (3) THE STATE'S PAY SCHEDULE.

SECTION 2.—AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act makes a technical
correction in § 9-401 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article of the Annotated Code to
clarify that the provisions of Title 9, Subtitle 4 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article
apply to both classified service employees and unclassified service employees in the State

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