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*hb1034*
HOUSE BILL 1034
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By: Delegate Smith
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2024
Assigned to: Judiciary
A BILL ENTITLED
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; authorizing the Sheriff to appoint certain other staff; and 4
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 2023 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 2023 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
(a) This section applies only in Baltimore City. 20
(d) (1) The Sheriff shall appoint: 21
(i) An undersheriff or chief deputy sheriff; 22
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(ii) [One] THREE assistant [sheriff] SHERIFFS; 1
(iii) Three deputy sheriff majors; 2
(iv) Three deputy sheriff captains; 3
(v) Six deputy sheriff lieutenants; 4
(vi) One secretary sheriff; and 5
(vii) One fiscal clerk sheriff. 6
(2) The Sheriff may appoint [up]: 7
(I) UP to a maximum of: 8
[(i)] 1. 9 deputy sheriff sergeants; 9
[(ii)] 2. 103 deputy sheriffs; 10
[(iii)] 3. 2 domestic violence clerks; and 11
[(iv)] 4. 2 domestic violence advocates; 12
(II) SOCIAL WORKERS ; AND 13
(III) ANY ADDITIONAL SWORN OR CIVILIAN PERSONNE L THAT 14
ARE FUNDED BY THE SHERIFF’S OPERATING BUDGET O R BY ANY OTHER FUNDI NG 15
SOURCE. 16
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 17
October 1, 2024. 18