Ch. 90

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

purposes provided in this Act. Any amount of the loan in excess of the amount of the
matching fund certified by the Board of Public Works shall be canceled and be of no
further effect.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1997.

Approved April 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 90
(House Bill 739)

AN ACT concerning

Washington County - Sheriff - Salary

FOR the purpose of altering the salary of the Sheriff of Washington County; and
providing that this Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the
incumbent Sheriff of Washington County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 2-309(w)(l)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 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.

(w) (1) The Sheriff of Washington County shall receive a salary of [ $42,500]
$55,000. The Sheriff shall appoint a chief deputy at a salary level set by the County
Commissioners. The Sheriff may appoint deputy sheriffs and other personnel necessary to
perform the duties of office at salary levels set by the County Commissioners in
accordance with the county's budgetary process.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to Article III,
Section 35 of the Constitution of Maryland, this Act may not be construed to extend or
apply to the salary or compensation of the Sheriff of Washington County in office on the
effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary or
compensation of the Sheriff of Washington County shall take effect at the beginning of
the next following term of office.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved April 8, 1997.

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