An individual shall have immediate vesting rights on taking office in the State system in which the individual is a member if the individual is the:
(1) secretary of a principal department of the Executive Branch of State government as provided under § 8–201 of the State Government Article;
(2) Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission;
(3) Adjutant General of the Military Department;
(4) Chair of the State Board of Contract Appeals;
(5) Chair of the Public Service Commission;
(6) Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Commission;
(7) Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings;
(8) Director of the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office;
(9) Director of the Maryland Energy Administration;
(10) Director of the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing;
(11) Director of the Office of Homeland Security;
(12) Director of the Office of Performance Improvement;
(13) Director of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation;
(14) Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency;
(15) Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Community and Crime;
(16) Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy;
(17) Executive Director of the State Retirement Agency;
(18) Insurance Commissioner of the Maryland Insurance Administration;
(19) Special Secretary of the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs;
(20) Special Secretary of the Governor’s Office for Children;
(21) State Archivist;
(22) State Prosecutor of the State Prosecutor’s Office; or
(23) State Superintendent of Schools.