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*sb0746*
SENATE BILL 746
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By: Senator Hough Frederick County Senators
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: March 2, 2022
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Frederick County – Sheriff – Salary 2
FOR the purpose of altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County; and 3
generally relating to the salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County. 4
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 5
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 6
Section 2–324(a) 7
Annotated Code of Maryland 8
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 9
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 11
Section 2–324(b) 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 14
BY adding to 15
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 16
Section 2–324(b) 17
Annotated Code of Maryland 18
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 19
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 20
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21 2 SENATE BILL 746
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 1
2–324. 2
(a) This section applies only in Frederick County. 3
[(b) The Sheriff of Frederick County shall receive an annual salary of: 4
(1) $125,000 $140,000 IN 2023 AND 2024; AND 5
(2) $150,000 IN 2025 AND EACH YEAR THEREA FTER.] 6
(B) (1) THE SALARY FOR THE SHERIFF OF FREDERICK COUNTY IS EQUAL 7
TO THE SALARY OF A DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE LIEUTENANT COL ONEL AT 8
THE HIGHEST AVAILABL E STEP FOR A LIEUTEN ANT COLONEL UNDER TH E 9
DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE PAY PLAN IN EF FECT ON THE DAY PRIO R TO THE 10
DAY THAT THE SHERIFF BEGINS A TERM OF OFFICE. 11
(2) ANY CHANGE IN THE SAL ARY PAID UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF 12
STATE POLICE PAY PLAN DURIN G THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF MAY NOT 13
APPLY TO THE INCUMBE NT SHERIFF, BUT THE CHANGED RATE SHALL TAKE EFFECT 14
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FOLLOWING T ERM OF OFFICE. 15
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to Article III, § 35 16
of the Maryland Constitution, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to the salary 17
or compensation of the Sheriff of Frederick County while serving in a term of office 18
beginning before the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the 19
salary or compensation of the Sheriff of Frederick County shall take effect at the beginning 20
of the next following term of office. This limitation does not apply to an individual appointed 21
or elected after the effective date of this Act to fill out an unexpired term. 22
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 23
October 1, 2022. 24