WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 311

professional consultants shall serve at the pleasure of the
Secretary. All other employees of the Secretary's office, unless
otherwise provided by law, shall be appointed and removed by the
Secretary in accordance with the provisions of Article 64A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland.

(c)  The appointment or removal of personnel by an
administration, board, commission, division, or other agency
within the jurisdiction of the Department of Employment and
Training shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary;
however, the Secretary is authorized to delegate this power of
approval to the heads of governing bodies of the administrations,
boards, commissions, divisions, or other agencies within the
jurisdiction of the Department of Employment and Training.

(d)  The Attorney General shall be the legal advisor to the
Department of Employment and Training. The Attorney General shall
assign to the Department such number of assistant attorneys
general as are now authorized by law to be assigned to the
various departments, agencies, boards, commissions, councils, or
units which are herein, or may hereafter by law be deemed to be
part of the Department of Employment and Training; and the
Attorney General shall also assign to the Department such
additional number of assistant attorneys general as may hereafter
be authorized by law for such Department. One of the said
assistant attorneys general shall be designated by the Attorney
General as counsel to the Department of Employment and Training.
The counsel to the Department shall have no duty other than to
render, subject to the discretion and control of the Attorney
General, such legal aid, advice, and counsel as the Secretary and
the other officials of said Department may require, and the
supervision of the other assistant attorneys general assigned to
the Department. After the Attorney General has designated an
assistant attorney general to serve as counsel to the Department,
the Attorney General shall not reassign said counsel without
consultation with the Secretary. The counsel to the Department of
Employment and Training, and the other assistant attorneys
general so employed, shall each perform such legal duties for the
Department as the Attorney General may from time to time assign
to them; and the Attorney General is hereby authorized to assign
to them, and each of them, the performance subject to the
Attorney General's discretion and control of any of the duties
with respect to said Department required of the Attorney General
by law. All such assistant attorneys general shall be practicing
lawyers of the State of Maryland, in good standing, and they
shall receive such compensation as shall be provided in the State
budget. This subsection shall not apply with respect to any
agencies or units of government within the Department of
Employment and Training to the extent that such agencies or units
are authorized by law to employ their own legal advisors or
counsel.

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