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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

request. In any event, it shall present a report and
recommendations contained therein annually.

SECTION 2. Effective date.

The council hereby declares that an emergency exists
and that this legislation is necessary for the immediate
protection of public health and safety. Therefore, this
Act shall take effect on the date on which it becomes

law.

Approved April 15, 1974

Chapter 48

Bill No. 5-74

AN ACT to amend Chapter 2, title "Administration",
Montgomery County Code 1972, as amended, by repealing and
re-enacting with amendments Sections 2-24, title
"Compensation of County Executive", and 2—66, title
"Compensation of Members of the County Council"; to
increase the annual compensation of the County Executive
and the members of the County Council and the Council
President; and to provide for annual adjustments thereto.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, MARYLAND, That -

SECTION 1. Section 2—24, title "Compensation of
County Executive", of Chapter 2, title "Administration",
Montgomery County Code 1972, as amended, is hereby
repealed and re—enacted with amendments to read as
follows:

2—24. Compensation of County Executive.

The County Executive shall be paid for the
performance of public duties under the Charter of the
County, thirty—nine thousand dollars per annum, beginning
on the first Monday in December, 1974, and adjusted
annually thereafter on the first Monday in December by a
percentage which is seventy—five percent of the
percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for the
Washington Metropolitan areas as of August 31 shall have
changed from the preceding August 31.

SECTION 2. Section 2—66, title "Compensation of
Members of the County Council", of Chapter 2, title
"Administration", Montgomery County Code 1972, as
amended, is hereby repealed and re—enacted with