# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 6. State Personnel Management System Generally

### Subtitle 4. Employment Categories in the State Personnel Management System

#### Section 6-404

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the following positions in the Executive Branch of State government are in the executive service:

  (1) the chief administrator of a principal unit or a comparable position that is not excluded from the State Personnel Management System under Sec. 6-301 of this title as a constitutional or elected office; and

  (2) a deputy secretary or assistant secretary of a principal unit or a position that the Secretary determines has similar stature.

(b) The executive service includes any other position that is determined by the Secretary to be in the executive service.

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