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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="2-504.1" title_number="2" title_name="Court Personnel" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The clerk of each circuit court shall submit annually a budget for the review and approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland in such form as prescribed by the Secretary of Budget and Management.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each budget submitted under this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Specify for each clerk’s office:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The number of positions;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The salaries;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The expenses; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The anticipated revenues; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Be submitted to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland in a uniform format as prescribed by the Secretary of Budget and Management.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland shall provide preliminary estimates of budget appropriations for the clerk of each circuit court to the Secretary of Budget and Management.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland shall submit the budget of the clerk of each circuit court to the Secretary of Budget and Management at the time prescribed by the Secretary.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each budget shall be included in the State budget as part of the budget for the Judicial Branch of State government as submitted by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
