Marvin Mandel, Governor                         879

149. Chief Clerk; Administrative Clerks; and Personnel.

(a)    There shall be a chief clerk of the District Court and a chief
administrative clerk in each of the districts, a clerk in each county
and other clerical and administrative employees as necessary to con-
duct the business of the court. The chief clerk shall be appointed by
and serve at the pleasure of the chief judge of the District Court.
Each chief administrative clerk shall be appointed by the chief judge
of the District Court, upon the recommendation of the appropriate
administrative judge of the district and shall serve at the pleasure
of the chief judge of the District Court. THE CHIEF CLERK OF
THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE
CLERKS OF THE DISTRICTS SHALL BE IN THE STATE
SERVICE BUT SHALL NOT BE IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE
AND SHALL RECEIVE FIXED COMPENSATION AS MAY BE
PRESCRIBED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

(b)    [All employees shall be appointed by the chief judge of the
District Court upon the recommendation of the administrative judge
in each district.] Except as otherwise provided by law, all persons
who at the effective date of this subtitle in the City of Baltimore or
any county are CLERICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE OR CONSTAB-
ULAR employees of AND FULL TIME COMMITTING MAGIS-
TRATES EMPLOYED BY a People's Court, the Municipal Court
of Baltimore City, a Magistrates Court, or the Housing Court of Balti-
more County shall continue as employees of the District Court, and
within WITHIN ninety (90) days thereafter FOLLOWING THE
FIRST MONDAY OF JULY, 1971, such persons ALL CLERICAL,
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CONSTABULAR EMPLOYEES, UN-
LESS THEY ELECT TO REMAIN UNDER ANY CITY, COUNTY
OR MUNICIPAL MERIT OR CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, SHALL
BECOME PART OF THE STATE CLASSIFIED SERVICE IF
FULL-TIME, AND THE UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE IF PART-
TIME, WITHOUT EXAMINATION AND WITHOUT DIMINU-
TION IN SALARY, AND SHALL BE GIVEN CREDIT FOR
PRIOR SERVICE WITH THE PRIOR EMPLOYER FOR PUR-
POSES OF DETERMINING FUTURE ANNUAL AND SICK
LEAVE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ALTHOUGH THE
PERSONS SHALL OTHERWISE BE IN THE STATE SERV-
ICE, THE PERSONS shall elect either to remain under any
county, city or municipal merit or classification, leave, retire-
ment, or health system of which they are then a part, or to
transfer to the merit or classification, leave, retirement, or health
system of the State.; PROVIDED THAT PERSONS ELECT-
ING TO TRANSFER TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND UNDER THE PRO-
VISIONS OF SECTION 32A OF ARTICLE 73B OF THE ANNO-
TATED CODE OF MARYLAND, AS AMENDED, SHALL RETAIN
CREDIT FOR PAST SERVICE IF IN AN ACTUARIALLY-
FUNDED COUNTY, CITY OR MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT
SYSTEM. "SALARY" AS REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING
SENTENCE OF THIS SUBSECTION MEANS AN AMOUNT
EQUIVALENT TO THE COMPENSATION PROVIDED FOR
THAT CATEGORY OF EMPLOYEE ON JANUARY 1, 1971 AND
ANY INCREMENT IN COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY THAT
CATEGORY OF EMPLOYEE SINCE JANUARY 1, 1971 IF THE
INCREMENT WAS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO A RIGHT OR
SALARY PLAN IN EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 1971. ANY EM-