In this subtitle, 'State personnel' means: (1) a regular employee of the State whose compensation: (i) is provided by a State appropriation; or (ii) is paid wholly or partly from State funds; (2) an employee who is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Budget and Management; (3) an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the organized militia; (4) an employee of the Maryland Port Administration, as described in § 6–204(n) of the Transportation Article; (5) a member or employee of a board of trustees for a community college; (6) except in Montgomery County, an employee of a county health department; (7) a member or employee of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners or of a county board of education; (8) a member of the Board of Visitors of the Maryland School for the Deaf; (9) a member or employee of a board of supervisors for a soil conservation district; (10) a person who, as a volunteer, is providing a service to or for the State; (11) a person who, for or under contract with a unit of the State or a local government, performs an emergency service during a state of emergency under Title 14 of the Public Safety Article; (12) any other individual who, with der contract with a unit of the State or a local government, performs an emergency service during a state of emergency under Title 14 of the Public Safety Article; (12) any other individual who, with or without compensation, holds a position that requires the exercise of discretion and of a part of the sovereignty of the State; (13) any other State officer or State employee; and (14) a Montgomery County employee who administers a State program under Title 3, Subtitle 4 of the Human Services Article.
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