§ 2-501. Court employees
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCourts and Judicial ProceedingsEffective: December 14, 2022
Effective: December 14, 2022
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 2-501
§ 2-501. Court employees
(a) Except as provided for the Circuit Court for Baltimore City in Subtitle 5A of this title, the judges of the circuit court for a county may employ the court administrators, assignment commissioners, auditors, magistrates, examiners, court reporters, messengers, bailiffs, court criers, librarians, clerks, secretaries, stenographers, jury commissioners, law clerks, and other employees necessary to conduct the business of the court.
(b)(1) Each employee of a circuit court is entitled to compensation as provided in the appropriate budget and shall perform the duties that the judge directs.
(c)(1) The resident judge in each county of the seventh judicial circuit shall appoint one or more official court reporters for the circuit court in the county. A reporter shall be competent to record court proceedings and shall serve at the pleasure of the judge who appointed him. The reporter shall receive the compensation set by the county government after consultation with the county administrative judge.
(2) A court reporter shall be reimbursed for expenses as approved by the court. Reimbursement shall be made by the county treasurer or similar officer of the county in which the services were rendered as expenses of the court upon presentation of a certificate from the clerk showing the attendance and services of the reporter.
(d)(1) The five counties comprising the second judicial circuit of Maryland shall provide a pension to any court stenographer of the circuit who has served in that capacity for 25 or more years.
(e)(1) There shall be included in the State budget for the Judicial Branch an appropriation to the Administrative Office of the Courts in the amount necessary to pay salaries and benefits of standing circuit court magistrates.
Credits
Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 2, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 820, § 3; Acts 1992, c. 131, § 2; Acts 1994, c. 6, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Acts 1994, c. 601, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 2000, c. 652, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2006, c. 372, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Acts 2006, c. 372, § 13, eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Acts 2013, c. 43, § 5; Acts 2015, c. 414, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2023, c. 49, § 6.
Formerly Art. 26, §§ 35A to 38, 42C, 69, 71; Art. 73B, § 71.
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 2-501, MD CTS & JUD PRO § 2-501
Current through legislation effective through July 1, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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