PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               Ch. 10

approval of the Chief Judge of the District Court, the District Court of any district may be
divided into civil, criminal, traffic, or other functional divisions if the work of the [court]
DISTRICT COURT requires.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Inconsistent word usage in § 1-607 of the Courts Article.

Occurred: Ch. 2, § 1, First Sp. Sess., Acts of 1973.

1-608.

(a) The cost of maintenance, operation, and administration, and of providing
necessary facilities, including capital costs, of the District Court shall be borne exclusively
by the State, and, except as provided in Title 7 of this article, or otherwise expressly by
law, all revenues derived from the operation and administration of the [court] DISTRICT
COURT shall enure to the general funds of the State.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Inconsistent word usage in § 1-608(a) of the Courts Article.

Occurred: Ch. 2, § 1, First Sp. Sess., Acts of 1973.

2-309.

(j) (1) The salary for the Sheriff of Charles County is equal to the salary of a
Department of State Police major, Step 4, under the Department of State Police pay plan
in effect on the day prior to the day that the Sheriff begins a term of office.

(2) Any change in the salary paid under the Department of State Police pay
plan during the term of office of the Sheriff may not apply to the incumbent Sheriff, but
the changed rate shall take effect at the beginning of the next following term of office.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Erroneous reference to "State Police" in § 2-309(j)(1) and (2) of the
Courts Article.

Occurred: Ch. 3, Acts of 1995. Correction by the Michie Company in the
1995 Replacement Volume of the Courts Article is validated by this Act.

(w) (2) Any deputy sheriff appointed according to this section shall be placed on
a probationary status for the first year of his employment, and may be dismissed by the
Sheriff for any reason during that probationary period. At the conclusion of twelve
[months] MONTHS' continuous employment, a deputy sheriff having the rank of
lieutenant or below has tenure, and may be discharged by the Sheriff only for
misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, or insubordination in office.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Grammatical error in § 2-309(w)(2) of the Courts Article.
Occurred: Ch. 557, § 1, Acts of 1995.

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