Md. Code, State Personnel and Pensions § 6-404
This is the official text of Md. Code, State Personnel and Pensions § 6-404, part of Maryland’s Code, State Personnel and Pensions — governs state employees and public pensions.
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§6–404.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the following positions in the Executive Branch of State government are in the executive service:
(1) the chief administrator of a principal unit or a comparable position that is not excluded from the State Personnel Management System under § 6-301 of this title as a constitutional or elected office; and
(2) a deputy secretary or assistant secretary of a principal unit or a position that the Secretary determines has similar stature.
(b) The executive service includes any other position that is determined by the Secretary to be in the executive service.
(1) the chief administrator of a principal unit or a comparable position that is not excluded from the State Personnel Management System under § 6-301 of this title as a constitutional or elected office; and
(2) a deputy secretary or assistant secretary of a principal unit or a position that the Secretary determines has similar stature.
(b) The executive service includes any other position that is determined by the Secretary to be in the executive service.
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