# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 8. Compensation of Employees Subject to Salary Authority of Secretary of Budget and Management

### Subtitle 1. Pay Plans

#### Section 8-109

(a) Subject to the approval of the Governor, the Secretary at any time may decrease the pay rate for any class included in:

  (1) the Standard Pay Plan; or

  (2) except for a position for which pay is set by a unit with independent pay-setting authority, the Executive Pay Plan.

(b) A decrease of a pay rate under this section applies to all employees in the affected class.

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