# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 13. Contractual Employment and Service Contracts in Executive Branch

### Subtitle 3. Transfers of Contractual Employees to Budgeted Positions

#### Section 13-302

If a contractual position is replaced by a budgeted position, a contractual employee in the contractual position may transfer to the budgeted position, if:

(1) the employee meets the minimum qualifications for the budgeted position and has at least 6 continuous months of satisfactory service as of the date on which the replacement occurs;

(2) there is a continuing need for the function to be performed;

(3) the agency can document a competitive hiring process; and

(4) the budgeted position replacing the contractual position was not available at the time the contractual employee was hired.

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