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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 265

BY renumbering

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(r)(7)

to be Section 2-309(r)(8)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 2-309(r)(4), (5), and (6)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(r)(7)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 2-309(r)(7), of Article - Courts
and Judicial Proceedings, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be renumbered to be Section(s) 2-309(r)(8).

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-309.

(r) (4) All full-time civilian and clerical employees
shall be subject to the county [merit system with regard to
qualifications for hiring, promotion, compensation and
disciplinary action] PERSONNEL LAW.

(5) With the exception of the assistant
sheriffs, all full-time deputy sheriffs of all ranks,
provided for the Sheriff in the budget of the county, upon
commencement of any position in the sheriff's department may
be required by the sheriff to serve a probationary period of
12 months, such probationary period may be extended by the
sheriff for reasonable cause. During the probationary
period, the determination of the employee's qualifications
and ability to serve in the position of a permanent,
nonprobationary employee shall be within the exclusive
discretion of the Sheriff. All probationary commissioned
deputy sheriffs shall be required to complete [a minimum of
300 hours of classroom training at an academy designated by