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1 (2) Commissioners in a district shall be appointed by and serve at the

2 pleasure of the Administrative Judge of the district, subject to the approval of the

3 Chief Judge of the District Court.

4 (B) Commissioners may exercise power only with respect to AND ONLY AS

5 PRESCRIBED BY LAW OR RULE AS TO:

6 (1) [warrants] WARRANTS of arrest, or bail or collateral or other terms

7 of pre-trial release pending hearing, or incarceration pending hearingf, and then

8 only as prescribed by law or by rule]; AND

9 (2) ISSUANCE OF CIVIL INTERIM CIVIL ORDERS FOR PROTECTION PEACE

10 ORDERS AND CIVIL INTERIM PROTECTIVE ORDERS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF

11 THE DISTRICT COURT ON DAYS AND DURING HOURS IN WHICH WHEN THE OFFICE OF

12 THE CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT IS NOT OPEN.

13 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General Assembly

14 determines that the amendment to the Constitution of Maryland proposed by this Act

15 affects multiple jurisdictions and that the provisions of Article XIV, Section 1 of the

16 Constitution concerning local approval of constitutional amendments do not apply.

17 SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the aforegoing section

18 proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland shall be submitted to the

19 legal and qualified voters of this State at the next general election to be held in

20 November, 2002 for their adoption or rejection in pursuance of directions contained in

21 Article XIV of the Constitution of this State. At that general election, the vote on this

22 proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot

23 there shall be printed the words "For the Constitutional Amendment" and "Against

24 the Constitutional Amendment," as now provided by law. Immediately after the

25 election, all returns shall be made to the Governor of the vote for and against the

26 proposed amendment, as directed by Article XIV of the Constitution, and further

27 proceedings had in accordance with Article XIV.