1514                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 486

Cecil County - County Commissioner's
Salary and Expenses

FOR the purpose of altering salaries of the Cecil County
Board of County Commissioners; increasing the annual
amount of expense funds for the Commissioners;
providing that the salary shall increase a certain
percentage when the Consumer Price Index for that year
increases a certain percentage; and providing that the
salary shall not exceed a certain amount; and relating
generally to the salary and expenses of the Cecil
County Commissioners.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Cecil County
Section 1-18

Article 8 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1970 Edition and 1979 Supplement, as amended)

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of Maryland be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as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

Article 8 - Cecil County

1-18.

(A) The County Commissioners of Cecil County shall
receive an annual salary in lieu of all other compensation
and shall be allowed an additional amount to cover all
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as
county commissioners and shall be required to devote all
their time to the duties of the office. Beginning with the
term of office commencing after the 1978 general election
and thereafter, the county commissioners shall receive a
salary of [$12,500]$16,000 per year. They shall receive
$1,200 $2,000 per year to cover expenses, except that the
president of the board shall receive an additional $500. In
addition, each commissioner shall be allowed expenses of 10
cents per mile for two round trips per week from the

commissioner's home to the office of the county

commissioners in Elkton, Maryland. For all other mileage
expenses, each commissioner must submit a voucher to the
county treasurer in order to be reimbursed.

The treasurer shall also provide a fund of $900 per

year to cover the expenses of the office for those

activities that require travel outside of the state on
county business. The fund shall be available to any one or

all of the commissioners in equal proportions.

Reimbursement out of this fund shall be dependent on the

presentation of vouchers by the commissioner or

commissioners to evidence the expense FOR ALL MILEAGE
EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENSES RELATED TO COUNTY BUSINESS, EACH