Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE PERSONNEL AND PENSIONS 11-302

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) An employee is separated from State service when the appropriation in the State budget for the position is:

(1) omitted by the Governor, as evidenced in the supporting documentation submitted with the budget;

(2) struck by the General Assembly, as evidenced in the budget bill or in the report of the budget committees; or

(3) reduced by the Governor in accordance with § 7-213 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, as evidenced in the supporting documentation submitted to the Board of Public Works.

(b) An employee may not appeal a separation from employment under this section.

(c) An employee who is separated under this section is not subject to the layoff provisions of Subtitle 2 of this title with the exception that an employee who is separated shall have the same reinstatement rights as a laid-off employee.