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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="2-328" title_number="2" title_name="Court Personnel" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Sheriffs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only in Kent County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Sheriff of Kent County shall receive an annual salary equal to 80% of the annual salary of the State’s Attorney for Kent County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>At the discretion of the County Commissioners of Kent County, the Sheriff shall receive county–owned automobiles as may be necessary to operate the Sheriff’s department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Sheriff shall appoint a chief deputy sheriff, or the managerial equivalent, who shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Receive a salary of at least $8,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Serve at the pleasure of the Sheriff.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Sheriff may not refuse to reappoint a deputy sheriff without just cause.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Sheriff and the Sheriff’s deputies shall be paid allowances as the County Commissioners may deem necessary.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The County Commissioners:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>May authorize additional deputies as necessary; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Shall set their compensation at the time of their appointment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The County Commissioners may authorize the Sheriff to appoint as part–time deputies individuals employed in specific plants, schools, hospitals, institutions, business enterprises, and land development tracts situated within the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Part–time deputies appointed under paragraph (1) of this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Are limited to service only within the particular facility where they are employed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May not be compensated by the county for their services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
