HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(5)  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.

(6)  THE STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME,
IF 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 this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 1, 1979.

CHAPTER 202

(House Bill 1737)

AN ACT concerning

Home-Improvement Commission - Examination Locations

FOR the purpose of providing that examinations given by the
Maryland Home-Improvement Commission to prospective
licensees shall be offered in areas of the State in
which the prospective licensees reside.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 56 - Licenses

Section 257(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 56 - Licenses

257.

(e) When an application has been filed with the
Commission in proper form, the Commission shall schedule the
applicant for an examination to be taken within 45 days
after receipt of the application. This examination may be
offered at a location within the political subdivision of
the applicant's residency AND SHALL BE OFFERED AT A LOCATION
WITHIN THE GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE STATE (FOR