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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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Ch. 592
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WHEREAS, The State enacted the "State Personnel Management Reform Act of
1996" to establish a decentralized personnel management system in which State,
departments and agencies were given significant responsibility over the management
of their workforce; and
WHEREAS, Personnel reform eliminated the classified and unclassified
services and established the skilled, professional, management, and executive services;
and
WHEREAS, The unclassified service consisted mostly of "at-will" employees,
and after 1996, most of these at-will employees were placed in the management or
executive services or were identified as "special appointments" in the State Personnel
Management System; and
WHEREAS, The intent of the General Assembly with the enactment of the 1996
personnel reform law was not to create a higher number of at-will employees; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly recognizes that an effective State personnel
system is essential for effective provision of State services and that most State
employees should not be concerned over job security because of political changes or
inappropriate management practices; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly established the Special Committee on State
Employee Rights and Protections in August 2005 to examine whether Maryland law
provides sufficient protections for State employees, particularly at-will employees,
against involuntary separations for illegal and unconstitutional reasons; and
WHEREAS, The Special Committee on State Employee Rights and Protections
completed its work in October 2006 with several recommendations to alter the laws
governing at-will State employment, now, therefore,
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - State Personnel and Pensions
1-101.
(c) "Class" means a category of one or more similar positions, as established
by the Secretary in accordance with this article.
4-201.
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