Section 29-304 - Immediate vesting for heads of units of State governmentAn 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 and Tobacco 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, Youth, and Victim Services;(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;(21) State Prosecutor of the State Prosecutor's Office; or(22) State Superintendent of Schools.Amended by 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 54,Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2024.Amended by 2024 Md. Laws, Ch. 53,Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2024.Amended by 2023 Md. Laws, Ch. 192, Sec. 2, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2023 Md. Laws, Ch. 191, Sec. 2, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 353, Sec. 2, eff. 6/1/2022.Amended by 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 398, Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2021.Amended by 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 397, Sec. 1, eff. 6/1/2021.