WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         S.B. 332

(A)     THE COST OF MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND ADMINISTRATION, AND
OF PROVIDING NECESSARY FACILITIES, INCLUDING CAPITAL COSTS, OF THE FAMILY
COURT SHALL BE BORNE EXCLUSIVELY BY THE STATE, AND, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED BY LAW, ALL REVENUES DERIVED FROM THE OPERATION
AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE COURT SHALL ENURE TO THE GENERAL FUNDS OF
THE STATE.

(B)     THE COSTS LISTED IN SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
INCLUDED AND ITEMIZED IN THE ANNUAL STATE BUDGET OR IN THE ANNUAL
CONSTRUCTION LOAN AS SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY THE
GOVERNOR AND SUBJECT TO THE POWER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITH
RESPECT TO BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS.

1 -702.

(a) Subject to the provisions of § 1-701, a judge shall have the salary provided in
the State budget.

(b) The Chief Judge of the District Court, during the period he serves as Chief
Judge, shall have a salary equivalent to the annual salary then payable to an associate
judge of the Court of Special Appeals.

(C) (1) THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT, DURING THE PERIOD HE
SERVES AS CHIEF JUDGE, SHALL HAVE A SALARY EQUIVALENT TO THE ANNUAL
SALARY THEN PAYABLE TO THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS.

(2) EACH ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT SHALL HAVE A
SALARY EQUIVALENT TO THE ANNUAL SALARY PAYABLE TO A CIRCUIT COURT

1-708.

(a) The salaries and pensions of the judges of the Court of Appeals, the Court of
Special Appeals, the circuit courts of the counties, THE FAMILY COURT, and the District
Court shall be established as provided by this section, §§ 1-701 through 1-707 of this
article, and Article 73B, Title 9, Subtitle 1 of the Code.

2-205.

(a) The clerk of a circuit court, THE CHIEF CLERK OF THE FAMILY COURT, or
the chief clerk of the District Court, under rules and regulations promulgated by the
Court of Appeals, may authorize the destruction of pleadings, papers, and files in his
custody which, because of their character, serve no useful purpose in being retained.

(b) Before any pleadings, papers, or files are destroyed, the proposed destruction
shall be approved in writing by the judge exercising the functions of administrative judge
in the county in the case of circuit court records, THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE FAMILY
COURT IN THE CASE OF FAMILY COURT RECORDS, or the Chief Judge of the District
Court in the case of District Court records, and the records shall be disposed of in
accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 6, Part V of the State Government Article.

2-508.

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