# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 11. Disciplinary Actions, Layoffs, and Employment Terminations in State Personnel Management System

### Subtitle 3. Employment Separations and Terminations

#### Section 11-302

(a) An employee is separated from State service when the appropriation in the State budget for the position is:

  (1) omitted by the Governor, as evidenced in the supporting documentation submitted with the budget;

  (2) struck by the General Assembly, as evidenced in the budget bill or in the report of the budget committees; or

  (3) reduced by the Governor in accordance with Sec. 7-213 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, as evidenced in the supporting documentation submitted to the Board of Public Works.

(b) An employee may not appeal a separation from employment under this section.

(c) An employee who is separated under this section is not subject to the layoff provisions of Subtitle 2 of this title with the exception that an employee who is separated shall have the same reinstatement rights as a laid-off employee.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)