Bill No. 28-13
Concerning: Elected Officials – Compensation
Revised: 10/15/2013 Draft No. 5
Introduced: October 1, 2013
Enacted: October 22, 2013
Executive: Returned unsigned
Effective: February 4, 2014
Sunset Date: None
Ch. 30 , Laws of Mont. Co. 2013
County Council
For Montgomery County, Maryland
By: Council President on behalf of the Committee to Study the Compensation of the County Executive, County Council, Sheriff, and State’s Attorney
AN ACT to:
(1) modify the compensation of the County Executive and County Council;
(2) clarify the Code provisions governing annual adjustments to the compensation of the County Executive, County Council, Sheriff, and State’s Attorney; and
(3) generally amend the law relating to compensation of elected officials.
By amending
Montgomery County Code
Chapter 1A, Structure of County Government
Section 1A-106
Chapter 2, Administration
Sections 2-7 and 2-123A
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The County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland approves the following Act:
Sec. 1. Sections 1A-106, 2-7, and 2-123A are amended as follows:
1A-106. Salaries of the County Executive and Councilmembers.
(a) Salary of County Executive. Except as provided in subsection (c), the County Executive must receive an annual salary of $190,000 beginning on December 1, 2014 [:
(1) $175,000 beginning on December 7, 2009; and
(2) $180,250 beginning on December 3, 2012].
(b) Salary of Councilmembers.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and subsection (c), a Councilmember must receive an annual salary of: [[$125,000 beginning on December 1, 2014]] [:
(A) $94,595 beginning on December 6, 2009;
(B) $99,325 beginning on December 5, 2011; and
(C) $104,291 beginning on December 3, 2012]
(A) $113,310 beginning on December 1, 2014;
(B) $120,675 beginning on December 7, 2015;
(C) $128,519 beginning on December 5, 2016; and
(D) $136,258 beginning on December 4, 2017.
(2) The Council President must receive an additional amount equal to 10% of the salary of other Councilmembers.
(c) Annual adjustments.
(1) Beginning on [December 2, 2013] [[December 7, 2015]] December 3, 2018, the salaries of the Councilmembers must be [increased] adjusted annually on the first Monday in December by the annual average percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area, or any successor index, for the 12 months preceding September 1 of that year.
(2) Beginning on [December 2, 2013] December 7, 2015, the salary of the County Executive must be [increased] adjusted annually on the first Monday in December by the annual average percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area, or any successor index, for the 12 months preceding September 1 of that year.
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(b) Salary.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), beginning on December 6, 2010, the Sheriff must receive an annual salary of $154,000.
(2) Beginning on December 2, 2013, the Sheriff’s salary must be [increased] adjusted annually on the first Monday in December by the annual average percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area, or any successor index, for the 12 months preceding September 1 of that year.
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), beginning on January 3, 2011, the State’s Attorney must receive an annual salary of $199,000.
(b) Beginning on January 6, 2014, the salary of the State’s Attorney must be adjusted annually on the first Monday in January by the annual average percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area, or any successor index, for the 12 months preceding September 1 of that year.
Sec. 2. Transition.
The County Executive and each Councilmember must receive the salaries authorized by Section 1A-106 before being amended by this Act until those salaries are increased under Section 1A-106, as amended by Section 1 of this Act.
Approved: