WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 269

(2) In multiple-county districts, the administrative
judge shall obtain the recommendation of the resident judge in
each county as to the number of commissioners required in the
county and as to the persons to be appointed.

(b) (1) Commissioners shall be adult residents of the
counties in which they serve, but they need not be lawyers.

(2)  Each commissioner shall receive as compensation
an amount equal to that received by a classified employee in the
State merit system as follows:

(i) Starting salary..............Grade 13, base

(ii) Maximum salary for up through 5 years of
service..........................................Grade 13, Step 6

(iii) Salary at beginning of 6th year of
service and thereafter...........................Grade 14, Step 6

(iv) Shift supervisors.........Grade 15, Step 6

(v) Supervisors...............Grade 16, Step 6.

(3)  Each commissioner shall hold office at the
pleasure of the Chief Judge of the District Court, and has the
powers and duties prescribed by law.

(4)  Except without additional compensation, unless
otherwise fixed by law, a classified employee of the District
Court, who is an adult, may be granted, in the same manner,
commissioner powers and duties in the county where he is
employed.

(F) NOTWITHSTANDING THE RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT OF SUBSECTION
(B)(1) OF THIS SECTION, A COMMISSIONER WHO IS DESIGNATED BY THE
CHIEF JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT AS THE SUPERVISING COMMISSIONER
OF A MULTICOUNTY DISTRICT IS AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF
A COMMISSIONER IN ANY COUNTY OF THE MULTICOUNTY DISTRICT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 29, 1987.

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