MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1361

ASSISTANT        STATE'S        ATTORNEYS SHALL BE WITHIN THE

DISCRETION OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY BUT IN NO EVENT EXCEED
THE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED BELOW IN THE VARIOUS

CLASSIFICATIONS: (I)         THE SALARY OF FIVE        ASSISTANT

STATE'S ATTORNEYS SHALL BE SET BY THE STATE'S ATTORNEY
AND MAY NOT EXCEED $27,500 ANNUALLY AS THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY MAY CONSIDER PROPER AND THEY SHALL SERVE FULL
TIME AND, EXCEPT IN CONNECTION WITH AND IN PERFORMANCE OF
THEIR DUTIES AS ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEYS, MAY NOT
APPEAR AS COUNSEL OR REPRESENT ANY PARTY PROFESSIONALLY
BEFORE ANY COURT, BOARD, COMMISSION OR AGENCY OF THIS
STATE OR ANY COUNTY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS
STATE. THE FIVE ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEYS MAY NOT
ENGAGE IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF LAW. (II) THE SALARY
OF NINE ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEYS, WHO SHALL SERVE FULL
TIME, SHALL BE SET BY THE STATE'S ATTORNEY AND MAY NOT
EXCEED $22,500 ANNUALLY AS THE STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY
CONSIDER PROPER. (III) THE SALARY OF TWO ASSISTANT

STATE'S ATTORNEYS, WHO SHALL SERVE FULL TIME OR PART-TIME
AS THE STATE'S ATTORNEY SHALL DESIGNATE, SHALL BE SET BY
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY AND MAY NOT EXCEED $18,500 ANNUALLY
AS THE STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY CONSIDER PROPER. (5) THE
STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY APPOINT ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
WHOSE SALARY SHALL BE SET BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY BUT NOT LESS THAN $10,000 ANNUALLY. (6)
THE            STATE'S           ATTORNEY           MAY           APPOINT           CLERICAL,

ADMINISTRATIVE, INVESTIGATIVE AND OTHER ASSISTANTS AS IN
HIS JUDGMENT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER CONDUCT OF
HIS OFFICE. (7) The State's Attorney may from time to
time, if [deemed wise or] CONSIDERED necessary, with the
approval of the senior judge of the Circuit Court for
Anne Arundel County, appoint a temporary assistant
State's attorney for a particular case or series of cases
and may fix the compensation.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
provisions of this Act shall not be construed to extend
or apply to the salary of the Anne Arundel County State's
Attorney[[, deputy State's Attorney, and assistant
State's Attorney in Anne Arundel County]] in office on
the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of
this Act concerning the salary of the Anne Arundel County
State's Attorney[[, deputy State's Attorney, and
assistant State's Attorney in Anne Arundel County]] shall
take effect at the beginning of the next following term
of office.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 4, 1976.

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