WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

JOINT RESOLUTIONS SIGNED
by the
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
and the
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES

No. 1

(Senate Joint Resolution No. 5)

A Senate Joint Resolution concerning

The Judicial Compensation Commission's Recommendations
for the Compensation of Maryland Judges for the
1988 Fiscal Year

FOR the purpose of establishing the salaries to be paid the
judges of the State of Maryland during the 1988 fiscal year
as directed by Section 1-708 of the Courts and Judicial
Proceedings Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

WHEREAS, Section l-708(b)(2) of the Courts and Judicial
Proceedings Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland establishes
a 7 member Judicial Compensation Commission appointed by the
Governor with 2 members appointed on nomination of the President
of the Senate, 2 members appointed on nomination of the Speaker
of the House of Delegates, 1 member appointed on nomination of
the Maryland Bar Association, and 2 members appointed from
at-large. The Judicial Compensation Commission is constituted
currently as follows: appointments on nomination of the President
of the Senate: Robert L. Beall and Bernard N. Linkoff;
appointments on nomination of the Speaker of the House of
Delegates: Sanford M. Baklor and Bruce A. Kaufman; appointment on
nomination of the Maryland Bar Association: James P. Bailey;
appointments from at-large: Elizabeth S. Morrison and John
Spencer Wood. The Commission members elected Bruce A. Kaufman,
Chairman; and

WHEREAS, Section l-708(d) of the Courts and Judicial
Proceedings Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland provides as
follows: the General Assembly may amend this Joint Resolution to
decrease any of the Commission's salary recommendations, but no
reduction may diminish the salary of a judge during his
continuance in office. The General Assembly may not amend this
Joint Resolution to increase these recommended salaries. Should
the General Assembly not adopt or amend this Joint Resolution
within 50 days of its introduction the salaries recommended
herein shall apply during the 1988 fiscal year. Should the
General Assembly reject any or all of the salaries herein
recommended, the salaries of the judges so affected shall remain
unchanged during fiscal year 1988, unless modified under other
provisions of the law; and

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