EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*hb0668*
HOUSE BILL 668
D2 4lr0576
HB 995/20 – ENT CF 4lr1046
By: Delegate Pruski
Introduced and read first time: January 25, 2024
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Anne Arundel County – Sheriff – Salary 2
FOR the purpose of altering the salary of the Sheriff of Anne Arundel County; and generally 3
relating to the salary of the Sheriff of Anne Arundel County. 4
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 5
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 6
Section 2–315(b) 7
Annotated Code of Maryland 8
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 9
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 10
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 11
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 12
2–315. 13
(b) The Sheriff of Anne Arundel County shall receive an annual salary of: 14
(1) (I) $128,657 for calendar year 2014; and 15
[(2)] (II) $133,000 for calendar year 2015 [and each subsequent calendar 16
year] THROUGH CALENDAR YEA R 2024. 17
(2) BEGINNING IN CALENDAR YEAR 2025, THE SHERIFF OF ANNE 18
ARUNDEL COUNTY SHALL RECEIVE AN ANNUAL SALARY EQU AL TO THE SALARY OF 19
A CAPTAIN IN THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT STEP 20 IN 20
THE PAY SCALE. 21
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to Article III, § 35 1
of the Maryland Constitution, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to the salary 2
or compensation of the Sheriff of Anne Arundel County while serving in a term of office 3
beginning before the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the 4
salary or compensation of the Sheriff of Anne Arundel County shall take effect at the 5
beginning of the next following term of office. This limitation does not apply to an individual 6
appointed or elected after the effective date of this Act to fill out an unexpired term. 7
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 8
October 1, 2024. 9