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§ 2-405. Pay rates

West's Annotated Code of MarylandPublic SafetyEffective: October 1, 2023

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Public Safety (Refs & Annos)
Title 2. Department of State Police (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 4. Police Employees and Civilian Employees (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2023
MD Code, Public Safety, § 2-405
Formerly cited as MD CODE Art. 88B, § 22;  MD CODE Art. 88B, § 23
§ 2-405. Pay rates
Currentness
Secretary to establish pay plan
(a)(1) The Secretary shall develop a pay plan for police employees, State Police communications operators, and State Police communications supervisors that includes the ranks and the grades within ranks that the Secretary considers appropriate.
(2) The pay plan under this subsection:
(i) is subject to approval by the Secretary of Budget and Management; and
(ii) is effective on approval by the Governor only to the extent that sufficient money is included in the State budget.
Pay rates generally
(b) Each police employee, State Police communications operator, and State Police communications supervisor is entitled to receive the pay rate, including any increment based on length of service, set forth in the pay plan established under subsection (a) of this section.
Pay increases
(c)(1) Each police employee is entitled to the pay rate for the next highest step within the police employee's rank on:
(i) each July 1, if the police employee was a police employee on July 1, 1967; or
(ii) each anniversary of the date of employment, for all other police employees.
(2)(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, on promotion a police employee or a deputy State fire marshal is entitled to the pay specified for the new rank in the same step that the police employee or deputy State fire marshal occupied before promotion.
(ii) If the step that the police employee or deputy State fire marshal occupied before promotion is higher than that held by a police employee or deputy State fire marshal who is already in the rank and has equal or higher total service time, on promotion the police employee or deputy State fire marshal is entitled only to the pay specified for the new rank in the next lower step than the police employee or deputy State fire marshal occupied before promotion.

Credits

Added by Acts 2003, c. 5, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2023, c. 110, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.
MD Code, Public Safety, § 2-405, MD PUBLIC SAFETY § 2-405
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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