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VETOES

Article - Estates and Trusts

2-108.

(d) (1) (i) Each associate judge of the court of
Baltimore City shall receive an annual compensation of
[$22,000] $30,000, and the Chief Judge shall receive an
annual compensation of [$22,500] $30,500.

(ii) Each associate judge WHO WAS IN
ACTIVE SERVICE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1981 shall be paid
after the termination of active service, if he is then at
least 60 years of age or when he shall attain 60 years of
age, a pension or salary calculated at the rate of [$1,100]
$1,500 annually for each year, or a part of a year, of
active service; but the maximum pension or salary for the
service by an associate judge may not exceed [$11,000]
$15,000 annually. Each Chief Judge who was in active
service on or after January 1, 1981 WHO WAS IN ACTIVE
SERVICE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1981 shall be paid, after the
termination of active service, if he is then at least 60
years of age or when he shall attain 60 years of age, a
pension or salary calculated at the rate of [$1,125] $1,525
annually for each year, or a part of a year of active
service, but the maximum pension or salary for the service
by a Chief Judge may not exceed [$11,250] $15,000 annually.
The pension or salary shall be paid by the City of Baltimore
in the same manner as the salaries of the judges of the
court for the city are paid.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that the
pensions in effect as of January 1, 1981, for any retired
Associate Judge or any retired Chief Judge is not changed by
this Act but shall remain in effect as if this Act had not
been enacted.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

May 19, 1981
The Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. Speaker:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, today I have vetoed House Bill 609.

This bill would increase the compensation of Baltimore
City Associate Orphans Court judges. It further provides
for an increase in the judges' pensions.