Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 1 - Personnel Management
Section 18-107 - Merit System

(a)    The Commission may establish a merit system that includes all of its employees except:
        (1)    the general manager, secretary, treasurer, and chief engineer;
        (2)    the head of a department;
        (3)    (i)    the inspector general; and
            (ii)    any temporary employee of the Office of the Inspector General appointed under § 17–603 of this article; and
        (4)    a part time, temporary, or contract employee.
    (b)    The Commission may:
        (1)    appoint or promote a merit system employee to the position of general manager, department head, or inspector general or designate a merit system employee as the general manager, department head, or inspector general on an acting basis;
        (2)    retain the employee in the merit system in the position or grade from which the employee was appointed or promoted; and
        (3)    continue to exclude the positions of general manager, department head, and inspector general from the merit system.

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