(a) The Commission may establish a merit system that includes all of its employees except: (1) the general manager, secretary, treasurer, and chief engineer; (2) the head of a department; (3) (i) the inspector general; and (ii) any temporary employee of the Office of the Inspector General appointed under § 17–603 of this article; and (4) a part time, temporary, or contract employee. (b) The Commission may: (1) appoint or promote a merit system employee to the position of general manager, department head, or inspector general or designate a merit system employee as the general manager, department head, or inspector general on an acting basis; (2) retain the employee in the merit system in the position or grade from which the employee was appointed or promoted; and (3) continue to exclude the positions of general manager, department head, and inspector general from the merit system.
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