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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 526

general administrative supervision of the Administrator,
shall

(1)  Develop plans and procedures for the
assignment of criminal cases for arraignment, hearing of
motions, special proceedings, trial, motion for new trial,
and disposition before the judges sitting in the Criminal
Court of Baltimore.

(2)  Assign all criminal cases for prompt
arraignment, trial, or other indicated action by the court;
and perform all related duties as determined by the Supreme
Bench.

(3)  Maintain such records and statistics and
perform such other duties as the Supreme Bench may, from
time to time, direct.

(c) The State's Attorney for Baltimore City shall
hereafter be relieved from the responsibility of assigning
criminal cases for trial or other purposes before the Judges
sitting in the Criminal Court of Baltimore.]

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That as to any
position that is filled authorized after June 30, 1982 and
that, under the provisions enacted under Section 1 of this
Act, would have been subject to the Personnel Merit System
for the Circuit Court for Baltimore City if it had been
filled authorized on or before June 30, 1982:

(1)  The position shall be considered temporary
as of the effective date of this Act; and

(2)  On or before April 1, 1983, the Director
shall determine whether the position shall be permanent,
remain temporary, or be eliminated.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(a)  Except as provided in Section 3 of this Act, an
employee who whose position is transferred to the Office of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City under the

Constitutional Amendments proposed by Chapter __ of the

Acts of 1980 (H.B. __) (01r3623) or (S.B. __) (01r0746),

and who is subject to the Personnel Merit System for the
Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City
under the provisions of § 1 of this Act, shall be appointed
without further examination or qualification. The employee
shall be placed in a classification that is comparable in
duties and responsibilities to the employee's former
position.

(b)  The employee may not suffer a diminution of salary
or wages, accrued leave, whether earned or granted, or
seniority rights.