(a) Location of office. The County Sheriff must hold an office at the courthouse and attend the office at all times, except Sunday, in person or by deputy, for the transaction of business.
(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 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-Arlington-Alexandria Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or any successor index, for the 12 months preceding September 1 of that year.
(c) Use of vehicle. The Sheriff must use a County vehicle, at County expense, to travel to and from work, in order to maintain communication with the Sheriff’s office and other County officials. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 2-101; 1918, ch. 256, § 533C; 1922, ch. 406, § 533C; 1927, ch. 710, § 533C; 1983 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 1; 1987 L.M.C., ch. 1, § 1; 1990 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 2; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 20, § 1; 2002 L.M.C., ch. 18, § 1; 2006 L.M.C., ch. 8, § 1; 2009 L.M.C., ch. 33, § 1; 2013 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 1; 2018 L.M.C., ch. 3, §1.)
Editor's note—The above section is cited in Soper v. Montgomery County, 294 Md. 331, 449 A.2d 1158 (1982).
2009 L.M.C., ch 33, § 2, states in part: Transition. The County Executive, Councilmembers, Sheriff, and State;s Attorney must receive the salaries authorized by Section 1A-106, Section 2-7, and Section 2-123A before being amended by this Act until those salaries are increased under Section 1A-106, Section 2-7, and Section 2-123A, as amended by Section 1 of this Act.
2006 L.M.C., ch. 8, § 2, states: Transition. The County Executive, Councilmembers, Sheriff, and State’s Attorney must receive the salaries authorized by Section 1A-106, Section 2-7, and Section 2-123 before being amended by this Act until those salaries are increased under Section 1A-106, Section 2-7, and Section 2-123, as amended by Section 1 of this Act.
Cross reference-Police, ch. 35.