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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="3-103.4" title_number="3" title_name="Environmental Programs" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Maryland Environmental Service">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Board members shall observe the same standard of care required of corporate directors under § 2–405.1 of the Corporations and Associations Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may not award a severance package to an executive of the Service  if the executive accepts another position in the State government within 1 year after the date on which the executive’s employment with the Service is terminated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any former executive of the Service awarded a severance package in violation of this subsection shall reimburse the Service for the value of the severance package within 1 year after terminating employment with the Service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Executive Director shall appoint a Diversity Officer to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Coordinate the development and implementation of a diversity policy for the Service; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Assist employees with the resolution of grievances relating to alleged violations of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Service’s diversity policy; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>State or federal antidiscrimination laws.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before December 1, 2021, the Board shall adopt or readopt policies, consistent with this section, governing:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Severance packages;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Bonuses, including a limit on bonuses for executives calculated as a percentage of the executive’s salary;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Tuition reimbursements, including limits on the amounts that may be reimbursed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Expense reimbursements, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Limits on the amounts that may be reimbursed;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Limits on how long an expense may be reimbursed after it is incurred; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Requirements regarding the nexus between reimbursable expenses and Service functions;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Workforce diversity;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Whistleblower complaints;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Travel; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>The use of cars, laptops, cell phones, and other vehicles and devices owned by the Service, including policies on whether and how these vehicles and devices may be transferred to an employee or another agency.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board periodically shall review the policies required under this subsection and revise the policies as needed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the Board shall submit a report containing copies of the policies required under this subsection to the Legislative Policy Committee, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, and the House Appropriations Committee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>On or before December 31, 2021; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Within 30 days after any policy is revised.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Board members, the Executive Director, and the Deputy Director shall receive annual training on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Ethics;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Harassment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Diversity; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Policies adopted under subsection (d) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to the training specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection, Board members shall receive annual training on the standard of care required under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>On or before December 31, 2021, and each December 31 thereafter, the Service shall, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, report to the General Assembly on the Service’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in furtherance of the goals and requirements established under Title 2, Subtitle 12 of the Environment Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>This section may be cited as the Maryland Environmental Service Reform Act of 2021.</text>
  </level>
</section>
