Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE PERSONNEL AND PENSIONS 14-102

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) A resident of this State may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction:

(1) to recover, for the use of this State, a payment made in violation of this Division I or of a regulation adopted under it from the person who authorized or made the payment;

(2) to enjoin a person, this State, or a unit of this State from authorizing a payment in violation of this Division I or of a regulation adopted under it; or

(3) if a payroll authorization is provided for by law or regulation, to enjoin the Secretary from issuing a payroll authorization in violation of this Division I or of a regulation adopted under it.

(b) In an action brought under this section, a judgment or other order may not be recorded as “released” or “satisfied” unless the Attorney General files with the court a notice of release or satisfaction.