# COMAR Title 17 — Department of Budget and Management

## Subtitle 04 — Personnel Services and Benefits

### Chapter 01 — Definitions and General Provisions

#### Regulation .03 Powers of Secretary.

*COMAR 17.04.01.03*

The Secretary, with the concurrence of the head of a principal unit, may, for documented reasons satisfactory to the Secretary, authorize in writing an exception to the regulations of this subtitle, when it is in the interest of the State service, if:

A. The exception does not conflict with provisions of the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, or applicable federal and State law; and

B. In the written determination of the Secretary, the application of the regulation in a specific case or in an emergency situation would be inequitable or detrimental to the best interest of the affected employee or employees of State service.