MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                2727

(4) SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL, THE
STATE'S ATTORNEY IS ENTITLED TO A REASONABLE EXPENSE
ALLOWANCE FOR OPERATION OF HIS OFFICE AND PERFORMANCE OF
HIS DUTIES, IN ADDITION TO COMPENSATION PROVIDED FOR IN
THIS SECTION.

(5) ALL DEPUTY STATE'S ATTORNEYS, ASSISTANT
STATE'S ATTORNEYS, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS, SPECIAL
INVESTIGATORS. CLERKS. ADMINISTRATIVE AIDES, PARA-LEGAL
INTERNS, AND OTHER PERSONNEL OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY ARE SUBJECT TO HIS EXCLUSIVE CONTROL AND ARE
ENTITLED TO ALL BENEFITS PROVIDED FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES
UNDER THE MERIT SYSTEM.

(6) THE STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY PETITION THE CIRCUIT
COURT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOR AUTHORITY TO APPOINT
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEYS AND SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS IN
ADDITION TO THOSE APPROVED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL. EACH
PETITION SHALL INCLUDE AN? REASONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF
THE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEYS AND SPECIAL
INVESTIGATORS. THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE COUNTY
COUNCIL SHALL RECEIVE NOTICE OF AND MAY FILE RESPONSE TO
EACH PETITION. THE COUNTY SHALL PAY THE SALARIES AMD
EXPENSES OF THE ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEYS AND SPECIAL
INVESTIGATORS APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.

(7)    THE STATE'S ATTORNEY, DEPUTY STATE'S
ATTORNEYS, AND ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEYS SHALL DEVOTE
THEIR FULL TIME AND ATTENTION TO THE DUTIES OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE OFFICES AND MAY NOT ENGAGE IS THE PRIVATE
PRACTICE OF LAW IN ANY JURISDICTION OR AT ANY TIME DURING
THEIR TENURE OF OFFICE.

(8)    THE DEPUTY STATE'S ATTORNEYS, AND ASSISTANT
STATE'S ATTORNEYS SHALL PERFORM ANY WORK DIRECTED BY THE
STATE'S ATTORNEY OR AUTHORIZED BY LAW, AND UNDER HIS
DIRECTION, MAY PRESENT CASES TO THE GRAND JURY, SIGN
INDICTMENTS AND CRIMINAL INFORMATIONS, AND PERFORM OTHER
ACTS AND DUTIES RELATING TO THE GRAND JURY AND THE
OPERATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY AS ARE
NECESSARY AND PROPER.

(9)    THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS APPOINTED BY THE
STATE'S ATTORNEY ARE DIRECTLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY AND SHALL PERFORM ANY DUTIES THE
STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY DESIGNATE FROM TIME TO TIME. THE
SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS SHALL DEVOTE THEIR FULL TIME AND
ATTENTION TO THEIR DUTIES AS SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS AND
MAY NOT ENGAGE IN OTHER EMPLOYMENT AT ANY TIME DURING
THEIR EMPLOYMENT AS SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.