Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Employees - Compensation

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SENATE BILL 313
D1 (6lr2394)
ENROLLED BILL
— Budget and Taxation/Appropriations —
Introduced by The President (By Request – Judicial Compensation Commission)

Read and Examined by Proofreaders:

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Proofreader.
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Proofreader.

Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this

_______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M.

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President.

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Courts – Administrative Judges – Annual Stipend 2
Judicial and Quasi–Judicial Employees – Compensation 3

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland and a 4
judge who serves as an administrative judge for a circuit court or the District Court 5
to receive an annual stipend in addition to the judge’s annual salary; altering the 6
compensation of the Chairman of the Workers’ Compensation Commission to be at 7
least equal to the salary of the Chief Judge of the District Court; and generally 8
relating to the compensation of administrative judges certain judicial and 9
quasi–judicial employees. 10

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 12
Section 1–702 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
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(2020 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 1

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 2
Article – Labor and Employment 3
Section 9–101(a) and (d) 4
Annotated Code of Maryland 5
(2025 Replacement Volume) 6

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7
Article – Labor and Employment 8
Section 9–304(b) 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2025 Replacement Volume) 11

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13

Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 14

1–702. 15

(a) (1) Subject to the provisions of § 1 –701 of this subtitle, a justice or judge 16
shall have the salary provided in the State budget. 17

(2) THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE APPELLATE COURT OF MARYLAND 18
AND A JUDGE WHO SERV ES AS AN ADMINISTRAT IVE JUDGE FOR A CIRC UIT COURT 19
OR THE DISTRICT COURT MAY RECEIVE AN ANNUAL STIPEND IN ADDITION TO THE 20
JUDGE’S ANNUAL SALARY. 21

(b) The Chief Judge of the District Court, during the period he THE INDIVIDUAL 22
serves as Chief Judge, shall have a salary equivalent to the annual salary then payable to 23
an associate judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland. 24

Article – Labor and Employment 25

9–101. 26

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. 27

(d) “Commission” means the State Workers’ Compensation Commission. 28

9–304. 29

(b) (1) Each member of the Commission is entitled to: 30

(i) the salary provided in the State budget; and 31
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(ii) reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel 1
Regulations, as provided in the State budget. 2

(2) The annual salary of a member of the Commission: 3

(i) shall at least equal the salary provided in the State budget for a 4
judge of the district court; and 5

(ii) for the Chairman, shall [be at least $1,500 more than the salary 6
of the other members ] AT LEAST EQUAL THE S ALARY OF THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE 7
DISTRICT COURT. 8

(3) Except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, a 9
member of the Commission may not receive a fee or perquisite for the discharge of any duty 10
of office. 11

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 12
1, 2026. 13

Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.