Maryland State Government Section 12-401

      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 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 Article 88A, § 13A(b) of the Code.