Ch. 10

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Occurred: Ch. 533, Acts of 1989.

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

1-605.

(a) The Chief Judge of the District Court is the chief administrative officer of the
[court] DISTRICT COURT and responsible for the maintenance, administration, and
operation of the court in all its locations throughout the State.

(d) In addition to the powers and duties granted and imposed in subsections (a),
(b), and (c) of this section, or elsewhere by law or rule, the Chief Judge of the District
Court shall:

(1) Appoint a chief clerk of the District Court, a chief administrative clerk
for each district, and other personnel of the DISTRICT Court pursuant to Article IV, §
41F of the Constitution;

(3) Establish uniform record-keeping procedures for the DISTRICT Court;

(7) On the recommendation of the administrative judge of any district,
approve in writing the invalidation and destruction of certain warrants for arrest, if the
administrative judge certifies to the Chief Judge that:

(iii) Each of the warrants was issued by a judicial officer of the
DISTRICT Court for:

1.       The arrest of the defendant in order that the defendant
might stand trial on a misdemeanor offense;

2.       The failure of the defendant to appear for trial for a
misdemeanor offense, as directed by the DISTRICT Court;

3.       The failure of the defendant to make a deferred payment of
a fine or costs as ordered by the DISTRICT Court for a misdemeanor offense; or

4.       A violation of a probation order of the DISTRICT Court
entered in a misdemeanor offense; and

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Inconsistent word usage in § 1-605(a), (d)(1), (3), and (7)(iii) of the
Courts Article.

Occurred: Various chapters.
1-607.

The Chief Judge of the District Court, subject to the approval of the Chief Judge of
the Court of Appeals, shall designate a District Court judge in each district as the
administrative judge for that district. The administrative judge is responsible for the
administration, operation, and maintenance of the [court] DISTRICT COURT in that
district and for the conduct of the [court's] DISTRICT COURT'S business. Subject to the

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