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SENATE BILL 626
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SB 462/23 – JPR CF HB 1197
By: Senator Folden Frederick County Senators
Introduced and read first time: January 25, 2025
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 25, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Frederick County – Sheriff – Salary 2
FOR the purpose of altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County to be equal 3
to the salary of a Department of State Police lieutenant colonel, at the highest 4
available step for a lieutenant colonel under the Department of State Police pay plan 5
a certain amount for a certain calendar year; altering the annual salary of the Sheriff 6
of Frederick County to be a certain percentage of the salary of the State’s Attorney 7
for Frederick County for certain subsequent calendar years; and generally relating 8
to the salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County. 9
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 10
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 11
Section 2–324(a) 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 16
Section 2–324(b) 17
Annotated Code of Maryland 18
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 19
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 20
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21
2 SENATE BILL 626
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 1
2–324. 2
(a) This section applies only in Frederick County. 3
(b) (1) The SALARY FOR THE Sheriff of Frederick County [shall receive an 4
annual salary of [$125,000] IS EQUAL TO THE SALA RY OF A DEPARTMENT OF STATE 5
POLICE LIEUTENANT COL ONEL, AT THE HIGHEST AVAIL ABLE STEP FOR A 6
LIEUTENANT COLONEL U NDER THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE PAY PLAN IN 7
EFFECT ON THE DAY PR IOR TO THE DAY THAT THE SHERIFF BEGINS A TERM OF 8
OFFICE: 9
(I) $187,313 FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025; AND 10
(II) 82.5% OF THE STATE’S ATTORNEY FOR FREDERICK 11
COUNTY’S ANNUAL SALARY INCL UDING ANY INCREMENTS AND SALARY 12
ADJUSTMENTS AUTHORIZ ED UNDER § 15–411(B)(2) OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 13
ARTICLE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026 AND EACH SUBSEQUENT CALENDAR YEAR . 14
(2) ANY CHANGE IN THE SAL ARY PAID UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF 15
STATE POLICE PAY PLAN TO THE STATE’S ATTORNEY FOR FREDERICK COUNTY 16
DURING THE TERM OF O FFICE OF THE SHERIFF MAY NOT APPLY TO THE INCUMBENT 17
SHERIFF DURING THE SHERIFF’S CURRENT TERM OF OFFICE, BUT THE CHANGED 18
RATE SHALL TAKE EFFE CT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FOLLOWIN G TERM OF 19
OFFICE. 20
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, in accordance with Article 21
III, § 35 of the Maryland Constitution, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to 22
the salary or compensation of the Sheriff of Frederick County while serving in a term of 23
office beginning before the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act 24
concerning the salary or compensation of the Sheriff of Frederick County shall take effect 25
at the beginning of the next following term of office. This limitation does not apply to an 26
individual appointed or elected after the effective date of this Act to fill out an unexpired 27
term. 28
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 29
October 1, 2025. 30