The Council may pass additional legislation to implement the
objects and purposes of this Charter as it deems necessary.
No officer or employee of the County, elected or appointed,
whose compensation is fixed, in whole or in part, by this Charter,
the laws of the County, or personnel regulations if adopted, is entitled
to any other compensation from the County for performance of public
duties, except expenses for travel and subsistence incident to the
performance of his official duties as prescribed by law.
Any person has the right to inspect and obtain copies of any
public record in the custody of the County government as provided
for in State law (Article 76A of the Annotated Code of Maryland). In accordance with State law, the Council may prescribe
reasonable regulations for the inspection and establish reasonable
fees for the production of requested copies.
Officers of the County government who have possession of or
control over any funds of the County shall be bonded for the faithful
performance of their duties in a sum, not less than one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000.00), as may be fixed by, and with sureties approved
by the Council. Surety bond premiums shall be paid by the County.
If any article, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase
of this Charter is held unconstitutional, invalid, or inapplicable
to any person or circumstance, it is intended and declared by the
people of the County that all other articles, sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses, or phrases of the Charter and their application
to other persons and circumstances is separable and not affected by
the decision.