WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                          Ch. 85

Approved April 12, 1994.

CHAPTER 85
(House Bill 1605)

AN ACT concerning                                                                                                                             

Washington County - Salary Study Commission

FOR the purpose of establishing a Washington County Salary Study Commission;
specifying the composition of the Commission; specifying certain procedures
concerning the appointment and operation of the Commission; specifying certain
procedures concerning the appointment and operation of the Commission;
requiring the Commission to hold public hearings and to provide certain notice of
the hearings; requiring the County Commissioners to provide professional staff to
the Commission; requiring the County Commissioners to provide funds for
advertising of the Commission's public hearings; prohibiting certain individuals
from serving on the Commission; requiring the Commission to meet by a specified
date and to study the salaries of certain elected and appointed officials; requiring
the Commission to make certain recommendations to the Board of County
Commissioners of Washington County for review and recommendation; requiring
the Board of County Commissioners to submit the recommendations to the
members of the General Assembly whose districts are within or include part of
Washington County by a certain date; defining certain terms; and generally relating
to the establishment and operation of a Washington County Salary Study
Commission.

BY adding to                                                                                   

Article 24 - Political Subdivisions -Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 12-201 through 12-205, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 2.

Washington County"                                               

Annotated Code of Maryland                                                           

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

Preamble                                           ...

WHEREAS, The citizens of Washington County are closely monitoring the
process by which salaries of County officials are determined; and

WHEREAS, The public's confidence in that process will depend on the degree to
which the salary recommendation is removed from the political arena; and

WHEREAS, It is the intent of this Act to create a Salary Study Commission that
is nonpolitical and represents a broad spectrum of the County's population; now,
therefore,                                                           ...

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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