1404                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [Ch. 279

(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 1-706

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 1-706 of Article — Courts and
Judicial Proceedings, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is hereby
repealed:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

1-706.

[(a) A judge is entitled to mileage, at the rate
established for State employees, for travel outside his
county of residence on court business, and to
reimbursement for reasonable costs of meals, lodging, and
other expenses actually incurred when so traveling on
court business.

(b)       Except as provided in subsection (c) of
this section, the expenses described in subsection (a)
shall be paid to the judge by the State and reimbursed to
the State by the appropriate political subdivision,
except that the expenses of an appellate judge shall not
be reimbursed by a political subdivision.

(c)    (1) The expenses of a District Court judge
shall be paid by the State without local reimbursement.

(2)   Expenses of a judge of a Circuit Court
may be paid to the judge by a political subdivision if
the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals has so directed,
and if the expenses have been approved by the State
administrative office of the courts.

(3)   A judge of an appellate court is not
entitled to reimbursement for the expense of traveling
between his county of residence and the court of which he
is a member.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 1—706 be and it is hereby added to Article —
Courts and Judicial Proceedings, of the Annotated Code of