# Sec. 16-180. Employee status upon returning to classified service from exempt service

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 16-180. Employee status upon returning to classified service from exempt service

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 16-180 (2026)

(a) Whenever a permanent status, classified service employee is appointed to a permanent, exempt service position, including any temporary administrative appointment made by the County Executive pursuant to Section 505 of Article V of County Charter, any such employee shall be entitled to return to such employee's former classified service position for a period of one (1) calendar year from the effective date of any such employee's appointment to said permanent, exempt service position. Any such employee's salary rate, upon return to the employee's former position, shall be reestablished in accordance with the provisions of Section 16-131(b) as if the employee had returned to the former position following a limited-term promotion. In the event any such employee's former classified service position had been abolished during the period of such exempt status appointment, then, in such event, the employee shall be entitled to return to another position of the same or a comparable grade and class of work.

(b) Any such employee shall be considered to be on an extended period of approved leave without pay and, in the event another employee is appointed, reassigned, transferred, or promoted to the classified service position formerly occupied by any such employee, such appointment, reassignment, transfer, or promotion shall be on a limited-term basis and the employee occupying the classified service position shall be a limited-term status employee subject to the conditions of Section 16-178.