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MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  11-1104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities|Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights|Section 11-1104 - Correctional Officer's Rights

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a correctional officer has the same rights to engage in political activity as a State employee.        (2)    The right of a correctional officer to engage in political activity does not apply when the correctional officer is on duty or acting in an official capacity.    (b)    The Sheriff’s Office:        (1)    may not prohibit secondary employment by a correctional officer; but        (2)    may adopt reasonable regulations that relate to secondary employment by a correctional officer.    (c)    A correctional officer may not be required or requested to disclose an item of the correctional officer’s property, income, assets, source of income, debts, or personal or domestic expenditures, including those of a member of the correctional officer’s family or household, unless:        (1)    the information is necessary to investigate a possible conflict of interest with respect to the performance of the correctional officer’s official duties; or        (2)    the disclosure is required by federal or State law.    (d)    A correctional officer may not be discharged, disciplined, demoted, or denied promotion, transfer, or reassignment, or otherwise discriminated against in regard to the correctional officer’s employment or be threatened with that treatment because the correctional officer:        (1)    has exercised or demanded the rights granted by this subtitle; or        (2)    has lawfully exercised constitutional rights.    (e)    A statute may not abridge and the Sheriff’s Office may not adopt a regulation that prohibits the right of a correctional officer to bring suit that arises out of the correctional officer’s duties as a correctional officer.    (f)    A correctional officer may waive in writing any or all rights granted by this subtitle.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  11-1106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities|Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights|Section 11-1106 - Limitations Period for Administrative Charges

    (a)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Sheriff’s Office may not bring administrative charges against a correctional officer unless the Sheriff’s Office files the charges within 1 year after the act that gives rise to the charges comes to the attention of the appropriate Sheriff’s Office official.    (b)    The 1–year limitation of subsection (a) of this section does not apply to charges that relate to criminal activity or brutality.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  11-1108 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities|Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights|Section 11-1108 - Decision, Order or Action

    (a)    (1)    A decision, an order, or an action taken as a result of a hearing under § 11–1107 of this subtitle shall be in writing and accompanied by findings of fact.        (2)    The findings of fact shall consist of a concise statement on each issue in the case.        (3)    A finding of not guilty terminates the action.        (4)    If the hearing board makes a finding of guilt, the hearing board shall:            (i)    reconvene the hearing;            (ii)    receive evidence; and            (iii)    consider the correctional officer’s past job performance and other relevant information as factors before making recommendations to the Sheriff.        (5)    A copy of the decision or order, findings of fact, conclusions, and written recommendations for action shall be delivered or mailed promptly to:            (i)    the correctional officer or the correctional officer’s counsel or representative of record; and            (ii)    the Sheriff.    (b)    (1)    After a disciplinary hearing and a finding of guilt, the hearing board may recommend the penalty it considers appropriate under the circumstances, including demotion, dismissal, transfer, loss of pay, reassignment, or other similar action that is considered punitive.        (2)    The recommendation of a penalty shall be in writing.    (c)    (1)    Within 30 days after receipt of the recommendations of the hearing board, the Sheriff shall:            (i)    review the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the hearing board; and            (ii)    issue a final order.        (2)    The recommendation of a penalty by the hearing board is not binding on the Sheriff.        (3)    The Sheriff shall consider the correctional officer’s past job performance as a factor before imposing a penalty.        (4)    The Sheriff may increase the recommended penalty of the hearing board only if the Sheriff personally meets with the correctional officer and allows the correctional officer to be heard on the record.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  11-1109 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities|Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights|Section 11-1109 - Expungement

    On written request to the Sheriff, a correctional officer may have expunged from any file the record of a formal complaint made against the correctional officer if:        (1)    the investigation or hearing resulted in a finding of nonsustained or unfounded; or        (2)    the correctional officer was exonerated and at least 3 years have passed since the final disposition by the Sheriff’s Office or hearing board.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  11-1110 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities|Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights|Section 11-1110 - Emergency Suspension

    (a)    (1)    The Sheriff may impose emergency suspension with pay if it appears that the action is in the best interest of the public and the Sheriff’s Office.        (2)    If the correctional officer is suspended with pay, the Sheriff may reassign the correctional officer to restricted duties pending:            (i)    a determination by a court with respect to a criminal violation; or            (ii)    a final determination by a hearing board with respect to a Sheriff’s Office violation.    (b)    If a correctional officer is charged with a felony, the Sheriff may impose an emergency suspension of correctional powers without pay.    (c)    A correctional officer who is suspended under this section is entitled to a prompt hearing before the Assistant Sheriff or the Assistant Sheriff’s designee.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  11-1111 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities|Subtitle 11 - Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights|Section 11-1111 - Disputes

    Any dispute concerning the application or interpretation of this subtitle shall be resolved by the Assistant Sheriff.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 1 - Definitions|Section 1-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this title the following words or terms have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Circuit court” means the circuit court for a county.    (c)    “Court” means the Court of Appeals, Court of Special Appeals, circuit court, and District Court of Maryland, or any of them, unless the context clearly requires a contrary meaning. It does not include an orphans’ court, or the Maryland Tax Court.    (d)    “Judge” means a judge of a court.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 1 - Definitions|Section 1-102 - Telephone Number on Letterhead Stationery

    Any official letterhead stationery of the judicial department of State government shall include the telephone number of the individual public office which uses that stationery.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 2 - General|Section 1-201 - Rule-Making Power

    (a)    The power of the Court of Appeals to make rules and regulations to govern the practice and procedure and judicial administration in that court and in the other courts of the State shall be liberally construed. Without intending to limit the comprehensive application of the term “practice and procedure,” the term includes the forms of process; writs; pleadings; motions; parties; depositions; discovery; trials; judgments; new trials; provisional and final remedies; appeals; unification of practice and procedure in actions at law and suits in equity, so as to secure one form of civil action and procedure for both; and regulation of the form and method of taking and the admissibility of evidence in all cases, including criminal cases.    (b)    Except for the District Court, other courts may by rule regulate terms of court for purposes other than the return of process and may make other rules of practice and procedure subject to and not inconsistent with any rule of the Court of Appeals. However, except for a rule regulating terms of court, every rule shall be adopted pursuant to the limitations and procedures prescribed by the Maryland Rules, unless authority to adopt rules is expressly granted by public general law.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 2 - General|Section 1-202 - Contempt of Court

    (a)    A court may exercise the power to punish for contempt of court or to compel compliance with its commands in the manner prescribed by Title 15, Chapter 200 of the Maryland Rules.    (b)    A person who has been adjudicated guilty of contempt for failure to pay a monetary amount specified in a decree or order passed in a civil proceeding is not barred by reason of the adjudication of contempt from filing a petition for modification of the decree or order, requesting any other relief, or proceeding to hearing on a petition, even though the contempt has not been purged or removed. A petition filed prior to actual adjudication of contempt may be consolidated in the discretion of the court and heard with a citation for contempt, if the petition is at issue and ready for disposition in accordance with the practice in the court in which the matter is pending.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 2 - General|Section 1-203 - Practice of Law by Judges Prohibited; Judges Hearing Cases Involving Former Partners

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no judge may during his term of office practice law, maintain an office for the practice of law, or have any interest in an office for the practice of law, whether conducted in whole or in part by himself or by others. A judge may not allow his name to be used in connection with a law office, nor may he profit directly or indirectly from the practice of law.    (b)    Prior to qualification for judicial office, a judge may agree with his former law firm, or his successor in practice, that the judge may receive over a reasonable period of time one or more payments representing the reasonable liquidated value of his interest in his former practice as of the date of the termination of practice. The agreement shall be in writing and a copy shall be filed with the secretary of the Maryland Judicial Conference. In determining reasonable liquidated value, the judge’s interest in contingent fees with respect to matters then pending in his law office may be taken into account.    (c)    While he is receiving payments under this section, a judge may not hear a case in which a partner or employee of his former firm or successor in interest is an attorney of record.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 2 - General|Section 1-204 - Legal Residence of Judge Not Abandoned by Residence in Anne Arundel County

    A judge of the Court of Appeals or the Court of Special Appeals, by reason of residence in Anne Arundel County during his term of office, does not abandon his legal residence in the appellate judicial circuit from which he was appointed or elected unless he registers to vote in any election in Anne Arundel County.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 2 - General|Section 1-205 - Disclosure of Personal Information on Website Prohibited

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Court” means the Court of Appeals, the Court of Special Appeals, a circuit court, the District Court of Maryland, and an orphans’ court.        (3)    “Personal information” means an individual’s:            (i)    Social Security number; or            (ii)    Driver’s license number.        (4)    “Publicly post or display” means to intentionally make available to the public.    (b)    Except as otherwise provided by law, on or after June 1, 2010, a court, to the extent practicable, may not publicly post or display on an Internet website maintained or paid for by the court an individual’s personal information.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 3 - Court of Appeals|Section 1-301 - Highest Court of State

    The Court of Appeals of Maryland, established by Article IV, §§ 1 and 14 of the Maryland Constitution, is the highest court of the State.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 4 - Court of Special Appeals|Section 1-401 - Established

    The Court of Special Appeals is established. It is an intermediate court of appeal authorized by Article IV, §§ 1 and 14A of the Maryland Constitution.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 4 - Court of Special Appeals|Section 1-402 - Composition

    (a)    The Court of Special Appeals consists of 15 judges, one of whom shall be designated by the Governor as Chief Judge.    (b)    Except as otherwise provided in this section, the judges of the Court of Special Appeals shall be selected, appointed, retained, removed from office, or retired as provided in Article IV of the Maryland Constitution with respect to judges of the Court of Appeals. One judge of the Court of Special Appeals shall be a resident respectively of each of the appellate judicial circuits defined in Article IV, § 14 of the Maryland Constitution. When election to judicial office is required by the Constitution, each of these judges shall be elected by the qualified voters of his circuit of residence. The remaining judges of the Court of Special Appeals may be residents of any part of the State and, when election to judicial office is required by the Constitution, shall be elected by the qualified voters of the entire State. The term of a judge of the Court of Special Appeals begins on the date of his qualification for office.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 4 - Court of Special Appeals|Section 1-403 - Sessions; Panels; Hearings in Banc

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Court of Special Appeals shall hold its sessions in the City of Annapolis at the time or times it prescribes by rule.        (2)    As designated by the Chief Judge of the Court of Special Appeals, in conjunction with the deans of the University of Maryland School of Law and the University of Baltimore School of Law, the Court of Special Appeals may hold sessions at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus and the University of Baltimore.        (3)    Its sessions shall continue not less than ten months in each year, if the business before it so requires.    (b)    A case before the Court of Special Appeals shall be heard by a panel of not less than three judges. The panels shall be constituted, sit at the times, and hear the cases as directed by the Chief Judge from time to time. A quorum of a panel consists of one less than the number of judges designated to sit on the panel. The concurrence of a majority of a panel is necessary for the decision of a case.    (c)    A hearing or rehearing before the court in banc may be ordered in any case by a majority of the incumbent judges of the court. Six judges of the court constitute a quorum of the court in banc. The concurrence of a majority of the incumbent judges of the entire court is necessary for decision of a case heard or reheard by the court in banc.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 5 - Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction|Section 1-501 - Jurisdiction and Powers in General

    The circuit courts are the highest common-law and equity courts of record exercising original jurisdiction within the State. Each has full common-law and equity powers and jurisdiction in all civil and criminal cases within its county, and all the additional powers and jurisdiction conferred by the Constitution and by law, except where by law jurisdiction has been limited or conferred exclusively upon another tribunal.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 5 - Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction|Section 1-502 - Jurisdiction as to Jury Offenses

    Notwithstanding § 4-301(b)(1) or § 4-302 of this article, a circuit court has exclusive, original jurisdiction over a misdemeanor under Title 8, Subtitle 5 of this article.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 5 - Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction|Section 1-503 - Number of Judges

    (a)    In each county in the first seven judicial circuits there shall be the number of resident judges of the circuit court set forth below, including the judge or judges provided for by the Constitution:        (1)    Allegany    2        (2)    Anne Arundel    13        (3)    Baltimore County    20        (4)    Calvert    3        (5)    Caroline    1        (6)    Carroll    4        (7)    Cecil    4        (8)    Charles    5        (9)    Dorchester    1        (10)    Frederick    6        (11)    Garrett    1        (12)    Harford    6        (13)    Howard    5        (14)    Kent    1        (15)    Montgomery    24        (16)    Prince George’s    24        (17)    Queen Anne’s    1        (18)    St. Mary’s    3        (19)    Somerset    1        (20)    Talbot    1        (21)    Washington     6        (22)    Wicomico    4        (23)    Worcester    3    (b)    In Baltimore City there shall be 35 resident judges of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 5 - Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction|Section 1-504 - Rental Space for Clerks of Court

    (a)    The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals shall certify to the Governor for inclusion without revision in each State budget an appropriation not to exceed $500,000 to pay rent directly to counties for space occupied in county facilities by clerks of the circuit courts, as provided in this section.    (b)    To the extent provided in the State budget the rent shall be calculated per net usable square foot, with no additional reimbursement of maintenance and utility cost.    (c)    Unless the Administrative Office of the Courts and a county agree otherwise, the county may not decrease the net usable square footage allocated to the clerk of the circuit court for the county below the net usable square footage allotted for fiscal year 2002.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 6 - District Court|Section 1-601 - Established; Court of Record; Seal

    The District Court of Maryland is established. It is the court of limited jurisdiction created by Article IV, §§ 1 and 41A through 41-I of the Maryland Constitution. It is a court of record and shall have a seal.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  1-602 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 1 - Court Structure and Organization|Subtitle 6 - District Court|Section 1-602 - Districts

    For the purposes of operation and administration of the District Court, the State is divided into the following districts:         (1)    District 1 -- Baltimore City.        (2)    District 2 -- Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester counties.        (3)    District 3 -- Caroline, Talbot, Queen Anne’s, Kent, and Cecil counties.        (4)    District 4 -- Charles, St. Mary’s, and Calvert counties.        (5)    District 5 -- Prince George’s County.        (6)    District 6 -- Montgomery County.        (7)    District 7 -- Anne Arundel County.        (8)    District 8 -- Baltimore County.        (9)    District 9 -- Harford County.        (10)    District 10 -- Howard and Carroll counties.        (11)    District 11 -- Frederick and Washington counties.        (12)    District 12 -- Allegany and Garrett counties.