Ch. 100                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Courts arid Judicial Proceedings

Section 2-309(h)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1989 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-309.

(h) (1) The Sheriff of Carroll County shall receive a salary of $35,000 a year.
The Sheriff may [appoint] EMPLOY the number of [deputies] PERSONNEL necessary
for the proper execution of the duties of office. [Deputies] PERSONNEL shall receive the
compensation set by the County Commissioners.

(2)      [Any deputy sheriff appointed] PERSONNEL EMPLOYED pursuant to
this section shall be placed on a probationary status for the first 18 months of
employment, and may be dismissed by the Sheriff for any reason. After 18 months of
continuous employment, [a deputy sheriff] PERSONNEL may ONLY be disciplined or
dismissed [by the Sheriff] FOR JUST CAUSE:

(i) In accordance with the Law-Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights,
if the employee's rights are covered under this bill of rights; or

(ii) In accordance with the personnel rules and regulations of the
Carroll County Sheriff's [department] OFFICE, if the employee's rights are not covered
under the Law-Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights.

(3)     Except for an appeal taken pursuant to the Law-Enforcement Officers'
Bill of Rights, an appeal by an aggrieved party shall be taken to the Circuit Court for
Carroll County.

(4)      THE SHERIFF MAY ALSO APPOINT A CHIEF DEPUTY AND A WARDEN
WHO SHALL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE SHERIFF.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved April 12, 1994.

CHAPTER 100
(House Bill 1543)

AN ACT concerning

Garrett County - Women's Commission - Enabling Legislation

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Commissioners of Garrett County to

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