HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1757

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 10: - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

Section 40(d)

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.

(d) (1) In Baltimore County, [(1)] subject to the
provisions of Article III, § 35 of the Constitution of
Maryland, and beginning with the term of the State's
Attorney who is elected to that position in [1978] 1982, the
State's Attorney's salary shall be equal to the salary of a
circuit judge of the eight judicial circuits AND SHALL BE
INCREASED 5 PERCENT ANUALLY DURING THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S
TERM OF OFFICE. The State's Attorney shall serve full time
and may not engage in the private practice of law.

(2)  The State's Attorney shall appoint two
deputy State's attorneys, each to have an annual salary of
not more than [$40,950] $45,400; one of these deputy State's
attorneys shall be designated deputy State's attorney of
trial and administration, and the other deputy State's
attorney shall be designated deputy State's attorney of
operations. The deputy State's attorneys are to perform
such work as the State's Attorney may require, shall serve
full time, and may not engage in the private practice of
law.

(3)  The State's Attorney of Baltimore County may
appoint 36 assistant State's attorneys. The salary of the
assistant State's attorneys may not be more than [$28,000]
$32,000 annually as the State's Attorney may determine. The
State's Attorney may, however, designate 18 of the 36
assistants as full-time assistant State's attorneys at a
salary of not more than [$36,400] $40,400 annually. The 18
assistants designated as full-time assistant State's
attorneys may not engage in the private practice of law.

(4)  The State's Attorney may appoint such
clerical, administrative and other assistants as in his
judgment may be necessary for the proper conduct of his
office. Such clerical, administrative and other assistants
shall perform clerical and other work as directed by the
State's Attorney.