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*sb0486*
SENATE BILL 486
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By: Senator McCray Senators McCray and Carter
Introduced and read first time: February 3, 2023
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: March 2, 2023
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Baltimore City Sheriff – Staffing 2
FOR the purpose of increasing the number of assistant sheriffs required to be appointed by 3
the Baltimore City Sheriff; altering the staff the Baltimore City Sheriff is authorized 4
to appoint; and generally relating to staff of the Baltimore City Sheriff. 5
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 6
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 7
Section 2–316(a) 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 10
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 12
Section 2–316(d) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 15
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 18
2–316. 19
2 SENATE BILL 486
(a) This section applies only in Baltimore City. 1
(d) (1) The Sheriff shall appoint: 2
(i) An undersheriff or chief deputy sheriff; 3
(ii) [One] THREE assistant [sheriff] SHERIFFS; 4
(iii) Three deputy sheriff majors; 5
(iv) Three deputy sheriff captains; 6
(v) Six deputy sheriff lieutenants; 7
(vi) One secretary sheriff; and 8
(vii) One fiscal clerk sheriff. 9
(2) (I) The Sheriff may appoint up to a maximum of: 10
[(i)] 1. 9 deputy sheriff sergeants; 11
[(ii)] 2. 103 deputy sheriffs; 12
[(iii)] 3. 2 domestic violence clerks; [and] 13
[(iv)] 4. 2 domestic violence advocates; AND 14
5. 4 SOCIAL WORKERS . 15
(II) THE SHERIFF MAY APPOINT A NY ADDITIONAL SWORN OR 16
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL T HAT ARE FUNDED BY TH E SHERIFF’S OPERATING BUDGET 17
OR BY ANY OTHER FUND ING SOURCE. 18
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FUR THER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 19
October 1, 2023. 20