2644                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 302

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-601 and 2-602

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-601.

(a)  There shall be a chief clerk of the District
Court , 4 ASSISTANT CHIEF CLERKS, A SUPERVISING AUDITOR,, a
chief administrative clerk in each district, a clerk in each
county, and other clerical and administrative employees
necessary to conduct the business of the court.

(b)  Except as provided in § 2-602, the clerical,
administrative, and constabular employees of the District
court shall be appointed by the chief judge of the District
court on the recommendation of the administrative judge for
the district and shall be in the [State] CLASSIFIED
service.

2-602.

(a)  The chief clerk [is] , THE ASSISTANT CHIEF CLERKS,
AND THE SUPERVISING AUDITOR ARE appointed by and serve[s] at
the pleasure of the chief judge of the District court..

(b)  A chief administrative clerk is appointed by the
chief judge of the District court, upon the recommendation
of the administrative judge of the district and serves at
the pleasure of the chief judge of the District court.

(c)  The chief clerk [of the District court] , THE
ASSISTANT CHIEF CLERKS, AND THE SUPERVISING AUDITOR and the
chief administrative clerks of the districts shall be in the
[State] UNCLASSIFIED service [but not in the classified
service,] SUBJECT TO THE CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY OF THE
CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS and shall receive the
compensation prescribed by the General Assembly.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 20, 1982.