Ch. 248                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND

appropriate to carry out the duties and discharge of his office.
The cost and expense of the positions of the full-time employees,
including the salaries, shall be provided for in the budget of
the county.

(4)  All full-time civilian and clerical employees
shall be subject to the county personnel law.

(5)  With the exception of the assistant sheriffs, all
full-time deputy sheriffs of all ranks, provided for the Sheriff
in the budget of the county, upon commencement of any position in
the Sheriff's department may be required by the Sheriff to serve
a probationary period of 12 months. The probationary period may
be extended by the Sheriff for reasonable cause. During the
probationary period, the determination of the employee's
qualifications and ability to serve in the position of a
permanent, nonprobationary employee shall be within the exclusive
discretion of the Sheriff. All probationary commissioned deputy
sheriffs shall be required to complete the minimum number of
hours as mandated to other law enforcement agencies, as set by
the Maryland Police Training Commission.

(6)  (i) With the exception of the assistant sheriffs,
all commissioned full-time employees, including deputy sheriffs
of all ranks, that are provided for by the Sheriff in the budget
of the county, shall be subject to the county personnel law.

(ii) The assistant sheriffs shall receive an
annual salary of [$43,000] $51,000 $46,000.

(7)  All nonprobationary commissioned full-time
employees, including deputy sheriffs of all ranks, are subject to
the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights. They are also
subject to the labor code of the county with regard to collective
bargaining for compensation, including pension and other fringe
benefits. The County Executive shall be considered the
"employer" of the deputy sheriffs for the purpose of collective
bargaining only.

(8)  The Sheriff and his deputies shall be limited in
their duties as law enforcement officers, as follows:

(i) The full power of arrest, the service of
process of all writs, summonses, orders, petitions, subpoenas,
warrants, rules to show cause, and all other legal papers;

(ii) The care and supervision of prisoners at
any of the county detention centers, hospitals, penal
institutions, or other places of confinement;

(iii) The security of all State and county
courts and perform such duties as may be required of them by the
courts;

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