1. (1) a regular employee of the State whose compensation:

   1. (i) is provided by a State appropriation; or
   2. (ii) is paid wholly or partly from State funds;
2. (2) an employee who is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Budget and Management;
3. (3) an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the organized militia;
4. (4) an employee of the Maryland Port Administration, as described in § 6-204(n) of the Transportation Article;
5. (5) a member or employee of a board of trustees for a community college;
6. (6) except in Montgomery County, an employee of a county health department;
7. (7) a member or employee of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners or of a county board of education;
8. (8) a member of the Board of Visitors of the Maryland School for the Deaf;
9. (9) a member or employee of a board of supervisors for a soil conservation district;
10. (10) a person who, as a volunteer, is providing a service to or for the State;
11. (11) a person who, for or under contract with a unit of the State or a local government, performs an emergency service during a state of emergency under Title 14 of the Public Safety Article;
12. (12) any other individual who, with or without compensation, holds a position that requires the exercise of discretion and of a part of the sovereignty of the State;
13. (13) any other State officer or State employee; and
14. (14) a Montgomery County employee who administers a State program under Title 3, Subtitle 4 of the Human Services Article.

In this subtitle, “State personnel” means:

Added by Acts 1984, c. 284, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1994, c. 3, § 1, eff. Feb. 28, 1994; Acts 1996, c. 349, § 13, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1996, c. 476, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, c. 743, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, c. 17, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Acts 2007, c. 8, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.

Formerly Art. 78A, § 16C.