§ 16-204. Appeals from final decisions and orders of the Personnel Board.

(a)

Pursuant to Section 907 of Article IX of County Charter any person, including Prince George's County, Maryland, aggrieved by a final decision and order of the Personnel Board may, within thirty (30) calendar days of the date such decision and order is issued, appeal such decision and order to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Maryland. Any such appeal shall be limited to errors of jurisdiction, errors of law, and clear abuse of discretion by the Personnel Board.

(b)

Any appeals to the Circuit Court, as provided in Subsection (a), above, shall be based upon the record evidence taken before the Board. However, additional evidence may be presented to said court by either the appealing party or any other party in interest if written application, by a petition to show cause, is made to said court before the date set for the hearing requesting leave to present additional evidence on the issues in the case. After a hearing on any such petition, if it is shown to the satisfaction of said court that the additional evidence is material to the case and that there were valid reasons for the failure to present said evidence in the proceedings before the Personnel Board, said court shall order that said additional evidence be taken before the Personnel Board. In any case where such additional evidence is taken before the Personnel Board, the Board may sustain, modify, or reverse its original, final decision and order on such case by reason of said additional evidence, and shall, thereafter, file with said court a part of the record, any additional evidence together with any modifications to its original decision and order.

(c)

Any party to the proceeding in the Circuit Court aggrieved by the decision of the said Court may appeal from such decision to the Court of Special Appeals.

(CB-1-1976; CB-27-1984)