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Ch. 652
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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8-106.
(a) In this section, "day" means the length of time in any 24-hour period
during which a juror is required to be in attendance at or in proximity to the court in
which the juror has been called as a juror.
(b) A juror shall receive a State per diem amount of [$5] $15 for each day the
juror attends court.
[(c) The government of each county AND BALTIMORE CITY may supplement the
State per diem amount by local ordinance.]
[(d)] (C) There shall be included in the State budget for the [Judiciary
Department of Maryland] JUDICIAL BRANCH beginning in fiscal year [2000, an
authorization] 2001 2002, AN APPROPRIATION to the Administrative Office of the
Courts in the total amount necessary to pay jurors the State per diem amount.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That each individual serving
as a standing circuit court master before April 1, 2001 2002, shall make a written
election between State and county employment. Standing masters hired on or after
April 1, 2001 2002, and before July 1, 2001 2002, shall make a written election
between State and county or Baltimore City employment at the time of hiring.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any master who elects
to become a State employee under this Act shall be in the personnel system of the
Judicial Branch. These employees shall be credited with the years of service with the
county or Baltimore City for purposes of seniority, including the determination of
leave accumulation, and shall become members of the Employees' Pension System of
the State of Maryland. All previous pension contributions shall be transferred in
accordance with Title 37 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article. These
employees shall receive no diminution in accumulated leave solely as a result of the
transfer. Annual leave in excess of that which may be retained annually in the
personnel system of the Judicial Branch may be retained at the time of transfer if
that accumulation was permitted by the former employer. It shall be the
responsibility of the former employer to pay whatever moneys are due, including but
not limited to unpaid wages, accumulated compensatory leave, and unpaid
reimbursement requests, upon termination of county or Baltimore City employment
as of July 1, 2002 to any employee transferred under this section.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That a master who remains a
county or Baltimore City employee shall be entitled to all county or Baltimore City
salary and benefits to which the master was entitled as of December 31, 3000 2001,
and that are available generally to all county or Baltimore City employees within
analogous salary and benefits classifications. A county or Baltimore City may not
subsequently modify the salary or benefits of a county or Baltimore City employed
master unless the modification applies generally to all county or Baltimore City
employees within analogous salary and benefits classifications.
SECTION 4. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the State shall
reimburse a county or Baltimore City on a quarterly basis for salaries and benefits of
county or Baltimore City employed masters, beginning in fiscal year 2001 2002,
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