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provide for any judge compensation greater than $30,500. If on or
after June 1, 1968, any county or Baltimore City shall supplement
the salary of any such judge so as to provide for any judge com-
pensation greater than $30,500, the salary or money paid by the
State to or for such judge shall be paid in an amount reduced by
the amount of such supplementation. On or after July 1, 1969,
no supplementation of the salaries of any of such judges shall be
allowed.

(d) "Supplementation" defined.—For the purposes of this section
and of Sections 49 and 50 of this article the term supplementation is
defined as any additional payments from a political subdivision to
a judge or his or her spouse including but not limited to payments
in the form of salary, bonus, pension, spouse's benefit, and expense
or travel allowances other than reimbursable expenses actually in-
curred in connection with the duties of his office which shall be
paid by the State and reimbursed to the State by the political
subdivision.]

47.

(a)    From and after July 1, 1972, the salaries of the judges of
the Court of Appeals, the Court of Special Appeals, the circuit
courts of the several counties, the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City
and the District Court shall be as provided in the State budget, and
the. THE provisions of Article 64A, Section 27, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, as amended from time to time, shall be applicable
to the salaries of said judges EXCEPT THAT THE AUTHORITY
FOR SALARY INCREASES UNDER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS
WHEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO SALARY INCREASES
FOR JUDGES.; provided PROVIDED, however, that whenever
there is a general salary increase awarded to state employees, the
said judges shall receive the same percentage increase as is awarded
to the maximum MINIMUM STEP OF THE HIGHEST salary grade
for classified employees in the State Salary plan;. and provided fur-
ther, that the salary of a judge may not be decreased during his term
of office. ANY GENERAL SALARY INCREASE AWARDED TO
STATE EMPLOYEES IN THE BUDGET BILL ENACTED AT
THE 1972 SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL
NOT BE APPLICABLE TO AND SHALL NOT INURE TO THE
BENEFIT OF THE JUDGES. ANY PROPOSED INCREASES
IN THE SALARIES OF JUDGES SUBSEQUENT TO JULY 1,
1972, SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THAT PORTION OF THE
BUDGET FOR THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT BUT SHALL
BE INCLUDED IN THAT PORTION OF THE BUDGET FOR
THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AND SHALL BE SUBJECT
TO LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

(b)    No supplementation shall be allowed of the salaries of the
judges of the Court of Appeals, the Court of Special Appeals, the
Circuit Courts of the several counties, the Supreme Bench of Balti-
more City and the District Court.

(c)    For purposes of this section and of Sections 49 and, 50 of this
article the term supplementation is defined as any additional payments
from a political subdivision to a judge or his or her spouse including
but not limited to payments in the form of salary, bonus, pension,