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S.B. 2
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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(1) the number of at-will employees, special appointments, and
management service employees in the Executive Branch agencies of State government;
(2) the rationale for designating the majority of, or all, employees in
an agency as at-will employees; and
(3) the possibility of providing additional merit system protections to
management service employees up to a certain grade level or depending on the job
description of the employee.
(b) The Department of Legislative Services shall make recommendations as
to appropriate and effective legislative and administrative changes in the State's
personnel systems that will help strike a better balance between the need to provide
flexibility in hiring and terminating employees and maintaining the dignity, worth,
and morale of the State's workforce.
(c) On or before December 31, 2007 December 1, 2008, the Department of
Legislative Services shall report its findings and recommendations to the President of
the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of the
Department of Budget and Management shall develop processes through regulation
that provide that all new employees, including at-will employees, receive written
notification of their position and classification, and that all employees in the State
Personnel Management System and in the Department of Transportation, including
at-will employees, be periodically notified at 6-month intervals in writing of their
employment status in State government, including any changes in the employment
classification of an employee and the employee rights associated with the position and
classification.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:
(a) The Chancellor of the University System of Maryland and the Presidents
of Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City
Community College shall identify all nonmerit and at-will positions in the personnel
systems of the University System of Maryland and its constituent institutions, Morgan
State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community
College.
(b) On an annual basis, the Chancellor of the University System of Maryland
and the Presidents of Morgan State University. St. Mary's College of Maryland, and
Baltimore City Community College shall report the information on nonmerit and
at-will positions required under subsection (a) of this section to the Governor and, in
accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly.
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