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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="1-702" title_number="1" title_name="Court Structure and Organization" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Judicial Salaries and Allowances">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of § 1–701 of this subtitle, a justice or judge shall have the salary provided in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Chief Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland and a judge who serves as an administrative judge for a circuit court or the District Court may receive an annual stipend in addition to the judge’s annual salary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Chief Judge of the District Court, during the period the individual serves as Chief Judge, shall have a salary equivalent to the annual salary then payable to an associate judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland.</text>
  </level>
</section>
