Ch. 349

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(a)     As of June 30 July 7, 1996, and subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of
this section, the Department of Personnel is hereby abolished as an independent unit
within the Executive Branch, and that, as of July 1, 1996, the Department of Budget and
Management shall be the successor of the Department of Personnel.

(b)     As of July 1, 1996, the positions of Secretary of Personnel and Deputy
Secretary of Personnel are abolished, and the Secretary of Budget and Management shall
be the successor of the Secretary of Personnel.

(c)     In every law, executive order, rule, regulation, policy, or document created by
any official, employee, or unit of this State, the names and titles of those officials,
employees, or units mean the names and titles of the successor official, employee, or unit,
as provided in this Act.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(a)     All employees who are transferred to the Department of Budget and
Management from the Department of General Services and the Department of Personnel
subject to the implementation of this Act shall be so transferred without diminution of
their rights, benefits, or employment and retirement status.

(b)     The provisions of Section 9-501(c) of the State Personnel and Pensions'
Article apply to those employees whose positions are deleted from the Fiscal Year 1997
State budget and who are neither transferred to other State employment nor transferred
to the Department of Budget and Management.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of Budget and
Management shall submit to the fiscal committees of the General Assembly the proposed
classifications of all positions in the Executive Pay Plan to be assigned to the Department of
Budget and Management. The fiscal committees shall have 45 days to review and comment to
the Department of Budget and Management on the proposed Executive Pay Plan
classifications.

SECTION 6. 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That nothing in this Act
affects the term of office of a member of any department, board, commission, committee,
agency, or other unit until the reorganization required under this Act is accomplished on
July 1, 1996. A person who is a member of such a department, board, commission,
committee, agency, or unit on the effective date of this Act shall remain a member for the
balance of the term to which appointed or until July 1, 1996, whichever occurs first, unless
the member sooner dies, resigns, or is removed under provisions of law.

SECTION 7. 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the continuity of every
department, board, commission, committee, agency, or other unit affected by this Act
shall be retained until July 1, 1996. As of that date, except as otherwise provided by law,
all property of whatsoever kind, including all real and personal property, records, fixtures,
appropriations, credits, assets, liabilities, obligations, rights, and privileges, held by the
Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning, the telecommunications components of the
Department of General Services transferred by this Act, and the Department of
Personnel, or any of their units, as that property and those records, fixtures,

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