HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1937

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1980 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article - Natural Resources
Section 10-415.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
"(1974 Volume and 1980 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 - Natural Resources

1-101.

(e)  The Attorney General is the legal [advisor]
ADVISER to the [department] DEPARTMENT. [He] THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL shall assign the number of assistant attorneys
general authorized by law to be assigned to the units of the
[department] DEPARTMENT. One of the assistant attorneys
general shall be designated by the Attorney General as
counsel to the Department of Natural Resources. The counsel
to the [department] DEPARTMENT shall have no other duty than
to render, subject to the discretion and control of the
Attorney General, the legal aid, advice, and counsel
required by the Secretary and the other officials of the
[department] DEPARTMENT and, also subject to the discretion
and control of the Attorney General, to supervise the other
assistant attorneys general assigned to the [department]
DEPARTMENT. After the Attorney General has designated an
assistant attorney general to serve as counsel to the
Department of Natural Resources, [he] THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
may not reassign the counsel without consultation with the
Secretary. [The counsel and other assistant attorneys
general so employed, shall perform for the Department the
legal duties assigned to them by the Attorney General. The
Attorney General may assign to them, subject to his
discretion and control, any duties with respect to the
Department required of him by law. Every assistant attorney
general shall be a practicing lawyer of the State, in good
standing, and shall receive the compensation provided in the
State budget.] This subsection does not apply [with respect]
to any unit of government within the Department of Natural
Resources if the unit is authorized by law to employ its own
legal [advisor] ADVISER or counsel.

1-504.

(f) (1) Except as provided in this subtitle, relief
may not be granted in any action filed [pursuant to] UNDER
this subtitle with respect to any defendant who shows that
the condition, activity, or failure complained of is
[pursuant to] UNDER and in compliance with: