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AN ACT concerning

Amendment of Sections 902 and 903,

Charter of Prince George's County

For the purpose of proposing amendments to Sections 902 and 903 to the Charter of Prince George’s County to provide a limitation on the number of hours worked by persons assigned to temporary or seasonal positions and amend the provisions for action on the County classification plan.

BY proposing amendments to:

Section 902 and 903,

Charter of Prince George's County, Maryland.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED by the County Council of Prince George's County, Maryland, that the following amendments to Section 902 and 903, Charter of Prince George's County, Maryland, are hereby proposed:

Section 902. Classified and Exempt Service.

County positions shall be either in the classified or the exempt services. The exempt service shall consist of: (1) elected officials; (2) the Chief Administrative Officer; (3) the directors and deputy directors of offices and departments in the executive branch; (4) the executive directors and members of boards and commissions; (5) the immediate staff of the County Executive; (6) the County Auditor; (7) persons assigned to hourly rated positions for temporary or seasonal help, provided that such persons are not compensated for more than [1800] 1000 hours work per twelve-month period; (8) experts or specialists performing temporary services; (9) persons employed as attorneys-at-law, except hearing examiners; (10) employees required to be covered by the State merit system; (11) aides for each member of the Council; (12) the Council Administrator, and (13) other positions recommended by the County Executive and approved by the County Council.

Section 903. Salaries and Wages.

Salaries and wages of both classified and exempt service employees shall be determined in accordance with classification and salary plans. [For] Except as otherwise provided herein, for such plans to become effective, they shall be submitted by the County Executive to the Council for legislative action thereon. If the Council fails to take final action upon a salary plan within sixty calendar days of its submission to the Council by the County Executive, then such plan shall stand approved. Classification plans for positions uniquely within the Legislative Branch shall be adopted by resolution of the Council.

SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED that a copy of this Act be transmitted to the County Executive for publication and that a copy also be transmitted to the Board of Supervisors of Elections for submission of the proposed amendment to the voters of this County at the 2004 General Election pursuant to Section 1105 of the Charter.

SECTION 3. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED that the question of adoption of this proposed Charter Amendment shall be submitted to the voters of the County at the General Election occurring on November 2, 2004, and shall be placed on the ballot in the following form:

PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT

To provide a limitation on the number of hours worked by persons in temporary or seasonal positions, and amend the provisions for action on the County classification plan.

Adopted this 30th day of July, 2004, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the full County Council.

COUNTY COUNCIL OF PRINCE

GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND

BY: _________________________________

Tony Knotts

Chairman

ATTEST:

______________________________

Redis C. Floyd

Clerk of the Council

KEY:

Underscoring indicates language added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate language deleted from existing law.

Asterisks *** indicate intervening existing Code provisions that remain unchanged.

SUBJECT TO REFERENDUM ON 11/2/2004

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