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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. § 29-304

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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2023
(a) 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: (1) a secretary of a principal department of the State government; or (2) a head of a department, an office, or any other unit of State government: (i) serving at the Governor’s pleasure; or (ii) appointed by the Governor for a fixed term and is in the position on or after June 1, 2022.
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:
(b) An individual who commences employment as the Executive Director of the State Retirement Agency on or after January 1, 2021, shall have immediate vesting rights in the Employees’ Pension System.
(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.

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