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*hb0844*
HOUSE BILL 844
L2 5lr2238
CF SB 717
By: Delegates Otto, Beauchamp, and Hartman
Introduced and read first time: January 30, 2025
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 2, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Somerset County – Salaries of Local Officials – Increase 2
FOR the purpose of increasing the salaries of the Sheriff of Somerset County, the County 3
Commissioners of Somerset County, the President of the County Commissioners of 4
Somerset County, a member of the County Roads Board of Somerset County, and the 5
President of the County Roads Board of Somerset County; and generally relating to 6
the salaries of Somerset County public officials. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 9
Section 2–333(b)(1) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 13
The Public Local Laws of Somerset County 14
Section 2–101(a) 15
Article 20 – Public Local Laws of Maryland 16
(2015 Edition, as amended) 17
(As enacted by Chapters 613 and 614 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2022) 18
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 19
The Public Local Laws of Somerset County 20
Section 2–101(b) and 9–104(a) 21
Article 20 – Public Local Laws of Maryland 22 2 HOUSE BILL 844
(2015 Edition, as amended) 1
(As enacted by Chapters 613 and 614 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2022) 2
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 3
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 4
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 5
2–333. 6
(b) (1) The Sheriff of Somerset County shall receive an annual salary of not 7
less than [$85,000] $105,000. 8
Article 20 – Somerset County 9
2–101. 10
(a) There are 5 County Commissioners for Somerset County, who hold office for 4 11
years and until their successors are elected and qualified. 12
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each 13
Commissioner shall receive an annual salary of [$10,000] $12,000. 14
(2) The President of the County Commissioners shall receive an annual 15
salary of [$11,000] $13,000. 16
9–104. 17
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the members of 18
the County Roads Board shall each receive, in addition to their compensation as County 19
Commissioners, a salary of [$10,000] $12,000 annually as a member of the County Roads 20
Board. 21
(2) The President of the County Roads Board shall receive, in addition to 22
compensation received as President of the County Commissioners, an annual salary of 23
[$11,000] $13,000. 24
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, in accordance with Article 25
III, § 35 of the Maryland Constitution, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to 26
the salary or compensation of the Sheriff of Somerset County, the County Commissioners 27
of Somerset County, the President of the County Commissioners of Somerset County, a 28
member of the County Roads Board of Somerset County, or the President of the County 29
Roads Board of Somerset County while serving in a term of office beginning before the 30
effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary or 31
compensation of the Sheriff of Somerset County, the County Commissioners of Somerset 32
County, the President of the County Commissioners of Somerset County, a member of the 33
County Roads Board of Somerset County, and the President of the County Roads Board of 34 HOUSE BILL 844 3
Somerset County shall take effect at the beginning of the next following term of office. This 1
limitation does not apply to an individual appointed or elected after the effective date of 2
this Act to fill out an unexpired term. 3
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 4
October 1, 2025. 5
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.