Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 3 - Transfers of Contractual Employees to Budgeted Positions
Section 13-304 - Rights on Transfer

(a)    A contractual employee who transfers to a budgeted position under this subtitle or who is selected to fill a budgeted position in the State Personnel Management System, without a break in service, in the same principal unit that employs the contractual employee, shall be given credit for service in the contractual position for the purpose of establishing:
        (1)    steps in the pay grade applicable to the budgeted position;
        (2)    annual leave; and
        (3)    seniority rights.
    (b)    A contractual employee who transfers to a budgeted position under this subtitle or who is selected to fill a budgeted position shall become a member of the Employees’ Pension System of the State of Maryland.