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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="5-405" title_number="5" title_name="State Planning" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Governmental Coordination, Cooperation, and Assistance in Planning">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary may make an agreement with the head of another unit of the State government, of a local government, of a regional or local planning agency, or of a unit of the federal government for the temporary exchange or transfer of employees:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>from the Department to the unit, local government, or agency; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>from the unit, local government, or agency to the Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An employee may not be transferred or exchanged under this section for more than 90 days at a time.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The approval of the Secretary of Budget and Management is not required for an agreement under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>For purposes of Division I of the State Personnel and Pensions Article, an employee transferred or exchanged under this section is considered to continue in the position from which the employee is temporarily transferred or exchanged.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Secretary may agree to reimburse, or collect reimbursement from, another unit of the State government, a local government, a regional or local planning agency, or a federal agency for a transfer or exchange of employees under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
