WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 294

Section 2-309(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1989 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 2-309(f)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-309.

(a) The sheriff of a county and his deputies shall receive the annual salaries
provided by this section for performing the duties required of them by the Constitution
and the laws of this State. They shall be reimbursed for expenses as provided by law.

(f) (1) The Sheriff of Calvert County shall receive an annual salary of
[538,000] 548,000.

(2) The Sheriff may appoint deputy sheriffs in the number and at the salary
approved by the County Commissioners. The deputy sheriffs shall serve under the
direction of the Sheriff. Within one year of their appointment, they shall complete the
course prescribed for policemen by the Maryland Police Training Commission. There may
be no honorary deputy sheriffs of Calvert County and no one is authorized to carry
badges, certificates or other materials for the purpose of identifying the bearer as an
honorary deputy sheriff. However, the Sheriff may appoint as special deputy sheriffs any
members of the police force of the towns of North Beach or Chesapeake Beach who shall
have all of the powers and authority of the deputy sheriffs. The County Commissioners
are authorized to reimburse the towns of North Beach and Chesapeake Beach in whole or
in part for services performed by the special deputy sheriffs outside the town limits.

[(2)] (3) The Sheriff may appoint 1 full-time assistant sheriff who shall:

(i) Serve under the direction of the Sheriff; and

(ii) Be designated by the Sheriff as a line officer.

[(3)] (4) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph,
any Sheriff of Calvert County who, since 1948, has served for three or more terms shall
receive a pension when he leaves office in the annual amount of $150 for each year
served. This pension shall be paid not less frequently than once a month.

(ii) This paragraph does not apply to a term of office that begins on or
after July 1, 1988.

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