In this subtitle, “State personnel” means: a regular employee of the State whose compensation: is provided by a State appropriation; or is paid wholly or partly from State funds; an employee who is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Budget and Management; an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the organized militia; an employee of the Maryland Port Administration, as described in § 6–204(n) of the Transportation Article; a member or employee of a board of trustees for a community college; except in Montgomery County, an employee of a county health department; a member or employee of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners or of a county board of education; a member of the Board of Visitors of the Maryland School for the Deaf; a member or employee of a board of supervisors for a soil conservation district; a person who, as a volunteer, is providing a service to or for the State; 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; 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; any other State officer or State employee; and a Montgomery County employee who administers a State program under Title 3, Subtitle 4 of the Human Services Article.