Maryland State Personnel and Pensions Section 13-302

      If a contractual position is replaced by a budgeted position, a contractual employee in the contractual position may transfer to the budgeted position, if:

            (1)      the employee meets the minimum qualifications for the budgeted position and has at least 6 continuous months of satisfactory service as of the date on which the replacement occurs;

            (2)      there is a continuing need for the function to be performed;

            (3)      the agency can document a competitive hiring process; and

            (4)      the budgeted position replacing the contractual position was not available at the time the contractual employee was hired.