HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, may
appoint a temporary State's Attorney with the
concurrence of the County; clarifying language; and
generally relating to the salaries and numbers of
deputy and assistant State's attorneys of Anne Arundel
County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

Section 40(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

40.

(c) In Anne Arundel County:

(1)  The State's Attorney's salary shall be equal
to the salary of a circuit judge of the eight judicial
circuits. The State's Attorney, during his term of office,
may not appear, except in connection with and in performance
of his duties as State's Attorney, 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. It is intended that the State's
Attorney may not engage in the private practice of law.

(2)  The State's Attorney may appoint two deputy
State's attorneys and [17 assistant State's attorneys who
shall serve at his pleasure] THE NUMBER OF ASSISTANT STATE'S
ATTORNEYS AS PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY.

(3)  The annual salary of the deputy State's
attorneys shall be within the discretion of the State's
Attorney, [but in no event exceed $32,500] AS APPROVED BY
THE COUNTY, BUT MAY NOT EXCEED 90 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S
ATTORNEY'S SALARY.

[(i) The deputy State's attorneys shall
serve full time and be precluded from the private practice
of criminal law.]

(4)  The annual salaries of the assistant State's
attorneys shall be within the discretion of the State's
attorney, AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY, but [in no event] MAY
NOT exceed [the amounts specified below in the various
classifications] 80 PERCENT OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S
SALARY.