PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 743

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

1-703.

(b) Whenever a general salary increase is awarded to State employees, each judge
shall receive the same percentage increase in salary as awarded to the lowest step of the
highest salary grade for [classified service] employees in the Standard Pay Plan.

2-309.

(d) (1) (viii) Employees of the Sheriffs office, except the Sheriff, shall be
selected according to the provisions of the State Personnel and Pensions Article [that
govern classified service employees].

(2) The Mayor and City Council shall pay monthly to the Sheriff of
Baltimore City one twelfth of the amount provided in the ordinance of estimates for the
expenses of the Sheriff's office. Within 30 days after June 30th in each and every year the
Sheriff of Baltimore City shall pay to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore any of the
unexpended expense funds advanced during the preceding year and render a detailed
account to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore of all expense funds received and
expended by him. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall reimburse the State of
Maryland for the administrative costs incurred because the employees of the Sheriff's
office of Baltimore City are in [the classified service of] the State Personnel
Management System.

2-505.

(b) The procedure for appointment and removal of personnel in the clerk's office
shall be as provided by rules adopted by the Court of Appeals. Those rules may provide
whether the positions shall be in [the classified service or unclassified service of] the
State Personnel Management System or in the personnel system of the Judicial Branch.

2-601.

(b) Except as provided in § 2-602 of this subtitle or otherwise by law, the clerical,
administrative, and constabular employees of the District Court shall be appointed by the
Chief Judge of the District Court on the recommendation of the administrative judge for
the district and shall be in the [ classified] SKILLED service [of], WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, IN the State Personnel Management System.

2-604.

(b) Constables may serve either full time or part time. Full-time constables are in
the [classified] SKILLED service [of], WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SPECIAL
APPOINTMENTS, IN the State Personnel Management System and shall be paid on the
same salary scale as that set by the Secretary of Budget and Management pursuant to §
2-309(d) of this article for full-time deputy sheriffs in Baltimore City. Part-time
constables are not in the State Personnel Management System, and are paid the
compensation prescribed by the General Assembly, and serve at the pleasure of the Chief
Judge of the District Court.

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