HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               1735

Kent County - State's Attorney - Salary

FOR the purpose of providing for cost of living salary
increments for the State's Attorney of Kent County; and
providing that this Act shall not affect the incumbent.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

Section 40(o)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

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

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

40.

(o) In Kent County, (1) the:

(1) THE State's Attorney shall receive a salary
of $20,000 and [an annual cost of living increase] COST OF
LIVING INCREMENTS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND
AS ESTABLISHED THAT ARE SET BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.

(2)  The State's Attorney may employ a deputy
State's attorney who shall be a member of the local bar in
good standing. The State's Attorney may also employ a
criminal investigator and an administrative coordinator.
The deputy State's attorney's salary shall be not less than
$12,000 and shall be set by the County Commissioners of Kent
County. The salary of the investigator shall be not less
than $10,000 nor more than $18,500 and shall be set by the
State's Attorney; the salary of the coordinator shall be not
less than $10,000 and shall be set by the County
Commissioners. The deputy State's attorney, the
investigator, and the coordinator shall investigate cases,
prepare the dockets, and perform such acts and duties as the
State's Attorney may request.

(3)  The State's Attorney's allowance for
clerical hire, rental expenses and general office expenses
is $5,000. All these expenses shall be paid by the
submission of vouchers therefor to, and after approval by,
the Board of County Commissioners.

(4)  The State's Attorney's special fund
allowance for the cost of making investigations is $2,000.
Expenditures from this allowance shall be accounted for to