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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 282

compensation except as provided by law, a person may be
appointed to serve as a commissioner who is an adult
classified employee of the District Court in the county
in which he is employed; and generally relating to
qualifications of District Court Commissioners.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-607(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-607.

(b) Commissioners shall be adult residents of the
counties in which they serve, but they need not be lawyers.
Each commissioner shall be paid the compensation fixed by
law, hold office at the pleasure of the Chief Judge of the
District Court, and has the powers and duties prescribed by
law. EXCEPT WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, UNLESS
OTHERWISE FIXED BY LAW, A CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE
DISTRICT COURT, WHO IS AN ADULT, MAY BE GRANTED, IN THE SAME
MANNER, COMMISSIONER POWERS AND DUTIES IN THE COUNTY WHERE
HE IS EMPLOYED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 283

(Senate Bill 1030)

AN ACT concerning

Scholarships - Residence of Military Personnel

FOR the purpose of making uniform the time of which the
residence of certain persons is determined for the
purposes of certain scholarships.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 18-603(c)(1) and 18-604(b)