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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="12-101" title_number="12" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Generally" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="County Officers and Employees">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to all counties except:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Anne Arundel County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Baltimore City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Baltimore County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Cecil County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Howard County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Prince George’s County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Queen Anne’s County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Worcester County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The governing body of a county may provide for the appointment and removal of any county officer or employee whose appointment or election is not provided for by the Maryland Constitution or public general law or public local law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
