Ch. 347

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(B) (1) A SELECTION TEST MUST BE:

(I)      FREE OF CHARGE; AND

(II)     EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION,
OPEN TO ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.

(2)     AN APPOINTING AUTHORITY:

(I)      MAY DISQUALIFY AND REFUSE TO EXAMINE AN OTHERWISE
QUALIFIED APPLICANT WHO INTENTIONALLY FALSIFIES INFORMATION IN THE
APPLICATION; AND

(II)     SHALL GIVE THE APPLICANT A WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE
REASON FOR THE PROPOSED DISQUALIFICATION.

(3)     AN APPLICANT WHO IS DISQUALIFIED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION
MAY SUBMIT A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE NOTICE.

7-207.

(A)    A CREDIT UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE APPLIED TO AN APPLICANTS
SCORE ON ANY SELECTION TEST ADMINISTERED TO ESTABLISH PLACEMENT ON A
LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES FOR WHICH THE APPLICANT OTHERWISE IS
QUALIFIED AND HAS AT LEAST THE MINIMUM PASSING SCORE ON A SELECTION
TEST.

(B)     FOR A CURRENT STATE EMPLOYEE, AN APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL
APPLY A CREDIT ON A SELECTION TEST, OF ONE-QUARTER POINT FOR EACH YEAR
OF SERVICE IN STATE GOVERNMENT, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE POINTS FOR 20
YEARS OF STATE SERVICE

(C)     (1) IN THIS SUBSECTION, "ELIGIBLE VETERAN" MEANS A VETERAN OF
ANY BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO HAS RECEIVED
AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR A CERTIFICATE OF SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF
MILITARY SERVICE.

(2)     AN APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL APPLY A CREDIT OF FIVE TEN
POINTS ON ANY SELECTION TEST FOR: AN ELIGIBLE VETERAN OR THE SURVIVING
SPOUSE OF A DECEASED ELIGIBLE VETERAN.

(3)     AN APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL APPLY A CREDIT OF TEN POINTS
ON A SELECTION TEST FOR:

(I) AN ELIGIBLE VETERAN WHO HAS A SERVICE CONNECTED
DISABILITY;

(II) THE SPOUSE OF AN ELIGIBLE VETERAN WHO HAS A
SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY; OR

(III) THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A DECEASED ELIGIBLE VETERAN
WITH A SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY

(I) AN ELIGIBLE VETERAN;

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