S.B. 594

VETOES

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 2-309(l)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Estates and Trusts
Section 2-108(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 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 10 - Legal Officials

40.

(a) The State's Attorneys in the several counties of the State shall receive
annually the respective salaries set forth for performing the duties required of them by
their respective public local laws and by the public general laws, and such expenses as are
provided by law and by the current practice in the several counties. The State's Attorneys
shall receive annual payments for office, traveling and other expenses. All payments for
salaries and expenses shall be made by the respective counties in equal monthly
installments unless otherwise specified. The salaries and expenses are as follows:

(k) (1) In Frederick County, the State's Attorney's annual salary [is $52,000]
SHALL BE 80 PERCENT OF THE SALARY OF A JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF
MARYLAND.

Article 25 - County Commissioners

51.

(m) In Frederick County the annual salary of the County Treasurer is [ $40,000]
$50,000.

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

2-309.

(1) (1) The Sheriff of Frederick County shall receive a salary of [$40,000]
$50,000. The Sheriff shall appoint deputies as necessary, at salaries of at least $2,400, and
jail wardens as necessary, at salaries of at least $1,320 each. The Sheriff also may appoint
additional temporary deputy sheriffs as the Sheriff considers necessary for the public
safety, with the approval of the Board of County Commissioners. The County
Commissioners shall allow reasonable compensation for the temporary additional deputy
sheriffs and the temporary deputies may not serve longer than the occasion requires. The
Sheriff may appoint a chief deputy who shall serve at the pleasure of the Sheriff.

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