(a)      (1)      The Secretary shall:

                  (i)      Study the problem of the units of work that are involved in the several courts; and

                  (ii)      Establish a system for units of work.

            (2)      On the basis of the comparative workload of any court, the Secretary shall provide the court with an adequate staff and adequate variety of staff. However, except with the consent of its judges, a court may not be assigned a smaller staff than authorized as of July 1, 1986.

      (b)      Within this formula, the judge of any court may ask for the additional clerical and professional court service staff that the workload of the court requires, and the Secretary shall consider and respond to the request in accordance with §§ 2-126 and 2-127 of this article.