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*sb0934*
SENATE BILL 934
D2 4lr2286
CF HB 1213
By: Senators Brooks, Salling, Hettleman, and Klausmeier
Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: March 17, 2024
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Baltimore County – Sheriff – Salary 2
FOR the purpose of altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Baltimore County; and 3
generally relating to the salary of the Sheriff of Baltimore County. 4
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 5
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 6
Section 2–317(a) 7
Annotated Code of Maryland 8
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 9
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 11
Section 2–317(b) 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 17
2–317. 18
(a) This section applies only in Baltimore County. 19 2 SENATE BILL 934
(b) The Sheriff of Baltimore County shall receive an annual salary [of]: 1
(1) OF $90,000 FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2024 AND 2025; 2
(2) [$75,000] OF $138,000 for calendar year [2007] 2026; 3
[(2)] (3) [$80,000] OF $143,000 for calendar year [2008] 2027; 4
[(3)] (4) [$85,000] OF $150,000 for calendar year [2009] 2028; [and] 5
[(4)] (5) [$90,000] OF $157,500 for calendar year [2010] 2029; and 6
(6) SUBJECT TO § 35 OF ARTICLE III OF THE MARYLAND 7
CONSTITUTION, AS THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PROVIDES IN 8
ITS ANNUAL BUDGET each subsequent calendar year. 9
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, in accordance with Article 10
III, § 35 of the Maryland Constitution, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to 11
the salary or compensation of the Sheriff of Baltimore County while serving in a term of 12
office beginning before the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act 13
concerning the salary or compensation of the Sheriff of Baltimore County shall take effect 14
at the beginning of the next following term of office. This limitation does not apply to an 15
individual appointed or elected after the effective date of this Act to fill out an unexpired 16
term. 17
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18
October 1, 2024. 19
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.