An individual shall have immediate vesting rights on taking office in the State system in which the individual is a member if the individual is the: secretary of a principal department of the Executive Branch of State government as provided under § 8–201 of the State Government Article; Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission; Adjutant General of the Military Department; Chair of the State Board of Contract Appeals; Chair of the Public Service Commission; Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Commission; Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings; Director of the Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office; Director of the Maryland Energy Administration; Director of the Office of the Deaf, Deaf blind, and Hard of Hearing; Director of the Office of Homeland Security; Director of the Office of Performance Improvement; Director of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency; Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Community and Crime; Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy; Executive Director of the State Retirement Agency; Insurance Commissioner of the Maryland Insurance Administration; Special Secretary of the Governor’s Office for Children; State Archivist; State Prosecutor of the State Prosecutor’s Office; or State Superintendent of Schools.