Ch. 241                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

of May 31, 2004 2008, and with no further action required by the General Assembly,
this Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety,
has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from
the date it is enacted.

Approved May 11, 2004.

CHAPTER 241
(Senate Bill 5)

AN ACT concerning

Attorney General - Prosecution of Criminal Offenses Reported by the Office

of Legislative Audits

FOR the purpose of repealing a requirement that the Legislative Auditor report
certain alleged violations of law by a unit of State government or other body that
is audited or reviewed by the Office of the Legislative Auditor under certain
circumstances; repealing a requirement that the Attorney General respond to
certain persons regarding certain actions taken by the Attorney General based
on a certain report by the Legislative Auditor a certain alleged default by an
officer or employee who is subject to audit or review to the Attorney General and
a certain State's Attorney, authorizing requiring the Legislative Auditor to report
to the Attorney General and the State's Attorney any alleged criminal violation
by a person discovered during the course of an audit or review, review, or
investigation; requiring the Attorney General and the State's Attorney to keep a
certain report of an alleged criminal violation confidential under certain
circumstances; authorizing the Attorney General to investigate and prosecute
any alleged criminal violation reported by the Legislative Auditor under certain
circumstances; authorizing the Attorney General to exercise all the powers and
duties of a State's Attorney to investigate and prosecute certain alleged criminal
violations under certain circumstances; creating an exception to certain
confidentiality requirements of the Legislative Auditor under certain
circumstances; and generally relating to the authority of the Attorney General
to investigate and prosecute certain alleged criminal violations reported by the
Legislative Auditor under certain circumstances.

BY repealing

Article—State Government

Section 2-1225

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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