Section 1-701 – Compensation Not to Be Diminished During Term
A judge’s salary may not be diminished during his continuance in office.
Section 1-702 – Judicial Salaries Established
(a) Subject to the provisions of § 1-701 of this subtitle, a judge shall have the salary provided in the State budget. (b) The Chief Judge of the District Court, during the period he serves as Chief Judge, shall have a salary equivalent to the annual salary then payable to an associate judge of the Court of […]
Section 1-703 – Pay Plan; Automatic Salary Increases
(a) Title 8, Subtitle 1 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article applies to judicial salaries, except for the provisions of § 8-108(c) of the State Personnel and Pensions Article. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, whenever a general salary increase is awarded to State employees, each judge shall receive the same percentage […]
Section 1-704 – Budget Treatment of Increases in Judicial Salaries
Any increase in judicial salary shall be included in the portion of the budget bill relating to the judiciary department. Any proposed increase in judicial salary is subject to legislative review and approval.
Section 1-705 – Supplementation of Salaries Prohibited
(a) In this subtitle, “supplementation” means any payment from a political subdivision to a judge or the surviving spouse of a judge, by way of salary, allowances, or pension. The word includes, but is not limited to, any payment in the form of salary, bonus, pension, spouse’s benefit, or expense or travel allowance except: (1) reimbursable […]
Section 1-706 – Reimbursement for Expenses
(a) A judge is entitled to mileage, at the rate for State employees, for officially authorized travel outside his county of residence on judicial business. He is also entitled to reimbursement for reasonable costs of meals, lodging, and other expenses actually incurred with the officially authorized travel in accordance with provisions of the State joint travel […]
Section 1-707 – Health or Hospitalization Benefits for Certain Judges of District Court
A judge of the District Court who has continued in office as a judge of that Court pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, § 41-I(a) of the Maryland Constitution, and who on July 4, 1971 was a participant in a group health or group hospitalization plan provided by a local subdivision, and who within […]
Section 1-708 – Judicial Compensation Commission
(a) The salaries and pensions of the judges of the Court of Appeals, the Court of Special Appeals, the circuit courts of the counties, and the District Court shall be established as provided by this section, §§ 1–701 through 1–707 of this subtitle, and Title 27 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article. (b) (1) There is a […]