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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 255

EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROSECUTORIAL SYSTEM,
PERSONNEL AND BUDGETARY MATTERS, AND CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS ENFORCEMENT.

(H) IN THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF ANY
CASE, HE HAS ALL THE POWERS OF A STATE PROSECUTOR.
HOWEVER, HE MAY NOT CHARGE A PERSON BY WAY OF
INFORMATION, BUT MAY PROCEED TO TRIAL ONLY UPON
INDICTMENT BY A GRAND JURY.

(I) HE SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE
GOVERNOR, AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE ACTIVITIES OF
HIS OFFICE AND THE OFFICES OF THE STATE PROSECUTORS,
TOGETHER WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS HE DEEMS ADVISABLE.

(J) HE AND THE ATTORNEYS ON HIS STAFF SHALL DEVOTE
FULL TIME TO THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES AND SHALL NOT ENGAGE
IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF LAW.

(K) HE SHALL REPRESENT THE STATE IN ALL APPEALS
AND POST CONVICTION PROCEEDINGS ARISING FROM PROSECUTIONS
CONDUCTED BY HIM. HOWEVER, HE MAY REQUEST THE ASSISTANCE
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN ANY SUCH APPEAL OR COLLATERAL
PROCEEDING.

33C. STAFF

THE CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR MAY APPOINT AND EMPLOY
THE PROFESSIONAL, INVESTIGATIVE, AND CLERICAL STAFF
PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE,
THE CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR SHALL UTILIZE THE SERVICES AND
PERSONNEL OF THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE AND OTHER
ESTABLISHED STATE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THESE
AGENCIES SHALL, TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE, COOPERATE WITH
THE CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR AND HIS STAFF.

33D. VENUE OF TRIALS

THE TRIAL OF ALL CASES PROSECUTED BY THE CHIEF STATE
PROSECUTOR PURSUANT TO § 33B(B) AND (D) SHALL TAKE PLACE
BEFORE THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, SUBJECT
TO REMOVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MARYLAND RULES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Sections 33E and 33F to be under the new subtitle
"Prosecutors Disabilities Commission" be and they are
hereby added to Article 10 — Attorneys at Law and
Attorneys in Fact, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 10 — Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact