PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 347

[Title 12. Short-Term Employment; Service Contracts.]
TITLE 13. CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYMENT AND SERVICE CONTRACTS IN EXECUTIVE

BRANCH.

Subtitle 1. [Emergency and Temporary Extra Employees.] CONTRACTUAL

EMPLOYEE DEFINED.

[ 12-101.

(a)     (1) An appointing authority or an officer or employee authorized by the
appointing authority may make an emergency appointment of a qualified individual who
has not been certified by the Secretary if:

(i) time does not allow for consent of the Secretary or for the
certification of a list of eligible candidates; and

(ii) the appointment is necessary to prevent stoppage of public
business during an emergency.

(2) The appointing authority or officer promptly shall report the emergency
appointment to the Secretary.

(b)     (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an emergency
appointment under this section may not exceed 60 days and may not be renewed.

(2) If a position for which an emergency appointment is made cannot
otherwise be filled when the period of the emergency appointment ends, the Secretary
may extend the appointment for the duration of:

(i) any war in which the United States is engaged;

(ii) any nationally declared emergency; or

(iii) after a war or nationally declared emergency has ended, any period
for which the Secretary, with approval of the Governor, finds that an emergency still
exists.]

[12-102.

(a)     If an extra position is needed for 6 months or less because of pressure from
work, an appointing authority may request the Secretary to authorize the appointment of
a temporary extra employee.

(b)     The request shall state:

(1)     the duties to be performed; and

(2)     the probable length of employment.

(c)     The Secretary may authorize the appointing authority to appoint, with or
without a competitive examination, any qualified individual to the position as a temporary
extra employee.

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