Maryland Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 2-326

(b)(1) The salary for the Sheriff of Harford County is equal to the salary of a Department of State Police lieutenant colonel, at the highest available step for a lieutenant colonel under the Department of State Police pay plan in effect on the day prior to the day that the Sheriff begins a term of office.

(2) Any change in the salary paid under the Department of State Police pay plan during the term of office of the Sheriff may not apply to the incumbent Sheriff, but the changed rate shall take effect at the beginning of the next following term of office.

(1) The employment is a part-time teaching position; and

(2) The total maximum yearly income from the outside employment under this subsection is $2,500 or less.

(e)(1) The Sheriff may appoint as a special deputy sheriff:

(2) A special deputy sheriff appointed under this subsection is not an employee of the Sheriff or of the county.

(f)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an employee of the Harford County Sheriff's Office may not be terminated without just cause.

(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to:

(g)(1) A lieutenant colonel or major serves at the pleasure of the Sheriff.

(2) A lieutenant colonel, major, or captain may not be reduced below the rank of lieutenant without just cause.

(i)(1) This subsection applies only to all full-time deputy sheriffs in the Sheriff's Office at the rank of captain and below.

(2) Sworn law enforcement officers subject to this subsection shall have the right to organize and negotiate with the Harford County Executive and the Sheriff with regard to wages and employee health care premium share not regulated by the Sheriff.

(3) Unless otherwise provided in this subsection, the right to organize and negotiate shall be conducted in accordance with §§ 38-5 through 38-8 of Chapter 38, Article I of the Harford County Code.

(4) The terms of any agreement with regard to wages and employee health care premium share not regulated by the Sheriff shall be set forth in a memorandum of agreement entered into between the Sheriff, the County Executive, and the employee organization.

(5) An agreement with regard to wages and employee health care premium share not regulated by the Sheriff is not effective until the agreement is ratified by:

(6) A modification to an existing memorandum of agreement is not valid unless the modification is in writing and ratified by:

(7) If the Sheriff, the County Executive, and the employee organization are unable to reach an agreement by the dates set in Chapter 38, Article I of the Harford County Code, the procedures set forth in § 38-8(b) of the Harford County Code shall apply, with the County Executive and the employee organization as parties to the proceedings described under § 38-8(b) of the Harford County Code.

(j)(1) This subsection applies only to all full-time correctional officers in the Sheriff's Office at the rank of captain and below.

(2) Correctional officers subject to this subsection shall have the right to organize and negotiate with the County Executive and the Sheriff with regard to wages and employee health care premium share not regulated by the Sheriff.

(3) Unless otherwise provided in this subsection, the right to organize and negotiate shall be conducted in accordance with §§ 38-5 through 38-8 of Chapter 38, Article I of the Harford County Code.

(4) The terms of any agreement with regard to wages and employee health care premium share not regulated by the Sheriff shall be set in a memorandum of agreement entered into between the Sheriff, the County Executive, and the employee organization.

(5) An agreement with regard to wages and employee health care premium share not regulated by the Sheriff is not effective until the agreement is ratified by:

(6) A modification to an existing memorandum of agreement is not valid unless the modification is in writing and ratified by:

(7) If the Sheriff, the County Executive, and the employee organization are unable to reach an agreement by the dates set in Chapter 38, Article I of the Harford County Code, the procedures set forth in § 38-8(b) of the Harford County Code shall apply, with the County Executive and the employee organization as parties to the proceedings described under § 38-8(b) of the Harford County Code.