Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB918: Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary
Status: Vetoed, March 15, 2025
Providing that the maximum annual salary of a register of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect on the day before the register begins a new term of office; and repealing as obsolete a certain minimum salary requirement for the register of wills for Baltimore City.
What the bill says
A bill ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary FOR the purpose of altering the maximum annual salary of a register of wills; repealing as obsolete a certain minimum annual salary for the register of wills for Baltimore City; and generally relating to the salary of a register of wills. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Estates and Trusts Section 2-205 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement).
From the introduced text, January 31, 2025:
A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary FOR the purpose of altering the maximum annual salary of a register of wills; repealing as obsolete a certain minimum annual salary for the register of wills for Baltimore City; and generally relating to the salary of a register of wills. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Estates and Trusts Section 2-205 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Estates and Trusts 2-205. (a) (1) It is the intent of this section that each register shall receive a fair and adequate compensation for the effort and duties required of the register by the register's office. (2) The volume and character of work done by the register shall be in comparison to the salary fixed by the Board of Public Works for each of the other registers. (b) (1) Each register is entitled to receive an annual salary of not more than [$146,500, to be determined in each instance by the Board of Public Works] THE SALARY OF A STATE EMPLOYEE AT GRADE 26, STEP 20 OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] …