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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="4-203" title_number="4" title_name="Personnel Management" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Classes and Position Classifications">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary may delegate authority to the head of a principal unit to classify positions for the principal unit in accordance with standards and procedures established by the Secretary in accordance with § 4–202(2) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Secretary delegates classification authority to the head of a principal unit under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the head of the principal unit shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>submit for the Secretary’s approval a position classification plan for classifying positions in the principal unit that are in the skilled service, professional service, and management service; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>classify skilled service positions, professional service positions, and management service positions in the principal unit in accordance with the approved classification plan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each employee in a position shall assume the classification title given the class to which that position belongs.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary, the Comptroller, and the Treasurer shall use these classification titles in all relevant records and communications.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To ensure that positions in the State Personnel Management System are classified properly, the Secretary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall conduct position classification audits at least once every 3 years for any classification activity performed in accordance with subsection (a)(2) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may conduct operational audits of classification practices and records in principal units at least once every 3 years.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
