{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-state-personnel-and-pensions-6-404","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, State Personnel and Pensions § 6–404","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the following positions in the Executive Branch of State government are in the executive service:\n(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\n(2) a deputy secretary or assistant secretary of a principal unit or a position that the Secretary determines has similar stature.\n(b) The executive service includes any other position that is determined by the Secretary to be in the executive service.","path":["Article - State Personnel and Pensions"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gsp\u0026section=6-404","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T20:01:07Z","sha256":"f5005816b17c4770844221495901b67b3311fe5497eaa29f6d19e830e14f10b5","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-state-personnel-and-pensions-6-403","next":"us-md/md.-code-state-personnel-and-pensions-6-405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}