MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                              2719

Rank Mini- First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth
mum Step Step Step Step Step Step

X         $17,306   18,344   19,445     20,612   21,849   22,286   22,732

IX          16,024   16,935   13,004     19,084   20,229   20,634   21,047

VIII     14,837   15,727   16,671     17,671    18,731    19,106   19,488

VII        13,738   14,562   15,436     16,362   17,344   17,691   18,045

VI          12,720   13,483   14,292     15,150   16,059   16,380   16,708

V            11,778   12,485   13,234     14,028   14,870   15,167   15,470

IV          10,906   11,560   12,254     12,989   13,768   14,043   14,324

III       10,098   10,704   11,346     12,027   12,749   13,004   13,264

II            9,350     9,911    10,506     11,136   11,804   12,040   12,281

I              8,980     9,519   10,090     10,695   11,337   11,564   11,795]

[b] (A) [The Superintendent shall by rule prescribe
the names of each of the ranks established in subsection
(a), and the grades within each of such ranks.] THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE SHALL DEVELOP
A SALARY PLAN FOR POLICE EMPLOYEES WHICH SHALL INCLUDE
SUCH RANKS AND GRADES WITHIN RANKS AS HE DEEMS
APPROPRIATE. THE PLAN SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UPON APPROVAL
BY THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES IF SUFFICIENT FUNDS THEREFOR ARE INCLUDED IN THE
STATE BUDGET. No person who is a police employee on
(January 1, 1972] JULY 1, 1974, shall be demoted or
otherwise affected in rank, pay or status except for
cause as hereinbefore required; and all such police
employees shall continue in the rank and salary step
which they then hold, that is to say: troopers are within
rank I; troopers first class within rank II; corporals
within rank III; sergeants within rank IV; first
sergeants, detective sergeants, quartermaster sergeants,
and sergeants mechanic within rank V; sergeants major and
the examining physician within rank VI; lieutenants
within rank VII; captains within rank VIII; majors within
rank IX; and lieutenant colonels within rank X.

[(c)] (B) A police employee shall receive the
salary for the next higher step within his rank upon each
anniversary date, "Anniversity date" means (1) July
first, as to all persons who were police employees on
July 1, 1967, or (2) the date of employment as to all
other persons. Upon promotion, a police employee shall
be entitled to the pay specified for the new rank in the
same step as that occupied before promotion, except that
if such step is higher than that held by any employee who
(1) is already in the rank and (2) has equal or higher
total service time, a police employee upon promotion
shall be entitled only to the pay specified for the new
rank in the step next lower than that occupied before
promotion.