EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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SENATE BILL 462
D2 3lr1745
SB 746/22 – JPR CF 3lr1827
By: Senators Folden, Ready, and Corderman
Introduced and read first time: February 3, 2023
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Frederick County – Sheriff – Salary 2
FOR the purpose of altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County to be equal 3
to the salary of a Department of State Police lieutenant colonel, at the highest 4
available step for a lieutenant colonel under the Department of State Police pay plan; 5
and generally relating to the salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County. 6
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 8
Section 2–324(a) 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 11
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 13
Section 2–324(b) 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 19
2–324. 20
(a) This section applies only in Frederick County. 21
(b) (1) The SALARY FOR THE Sheriff of Frederick County [shall receive an 22
annual salary of $125,000] IS EQUAL TO THE SALA RY OF A DEPARTMENT OF STATE 23 2 SENATE BILL 462
POLICE LIEUTENANT COL ONEL, AT THE HIGHEST AVAILABLE ST EP FOR A 1
LIEUTENANT COLONEL U NDER THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE PAY PLAN IN 2
EFFECT ON THE DAY PR IOR TO THE DAY THAT THE SHERIFF BEGINS A TERM OF 3
OFFICE. 4
(2) ANY CHANGE IN THE SAL ARY PAID UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF 5
STATE POLICE PAY PLAN DURING THE TERM OF O FFICE OF THE SHERIFF MAY NOT 6
APPLY TO THE INCUMBE NT SHERIFF, BUT THE CHANGED RATE SHALL TAKE EFFECT 7
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FOLLOWING T ERM OF OFFICE. 8
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to Article III, § 35 9
of the Maryland Constitution, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to the salary 10
or compensation of the Sheriff of Frederick County while serving in a term of office 11
beginning before the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the 12
salary or compensation of the Sheriff of Frederick County shall take effect at the beginning 13
of the next following term of office. This limitation does not apply to an individual appointed 14
or elected after the effective date of this Act to fill out an unexpired term. 15
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 16
October 1, 2023. 17