2007 house journal index of days - Maryland General Assembly

574 Journal of Proceedings Feb. 9, 2007
State Employees – Whistleblower Protection
FOR the purpose of prohibiting an agent of a supervisor, appointing authority, or head of
a principal unit from taking, threatening to take, or refusing to take certain
personnel actions against an employee who takes certain actions; providing that a
violation of certain provisions is a misdemeanor; establishing a certain penalty;
prohibiting certain actions from being taken against a certain employee;
authorizing an employee to provide a copy of certain complaints or grievances to
any person after a certain time; requiring the Attorney General to adopt certain
regulations; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to provide copies
of certain regulations to certain employees at certain intervals; and generally
relating to State employees and protection for whistleblowers.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article – State Personnel and Pensions
Section 5–302, 5–303, 5–305, 5–307, and 5–313
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2004 Replacement Volume and 2006 Supplement)
Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
House Bill 767 – Delegates Holmes, Anderson, Barnes, Benson, Cardin, Feldman,
Gutierrez, Hucker, Lawton, Manno, Mizeur, Pena–Melnyk, Ramirez, Riley, Schuler,
Stein, Taylor, and Wood
AN ACT concerning
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund – Acceptance of Premiums on Installment
Basis
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to accept
premiums on an installment basis; authorizing the Fund to offer to accept
premiums on an installment basis on certain policies in a certain manner on or
after a certain date; authorizing the Fund to request approval of the Maryland
Insurance Commissioner to offer to accept premiums on an installment basis on
any policy issued in the State in a certain manner on or after a certain date;
requiring the Commissioner to determine whether to approve the request in a
certain manner within a certain period of time; providing that a request is deemed
approved within a certain period of time under certain circumstances; requiring the
Commissioner to phase in the number of policies that may be paid on an
installment basis in a certain manner; and generally relating to accepting
premiums on an installment basis on policies issued by the Maryland Automobile
Insurance Fund.