(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 § 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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