WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 737

(II) SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE TALBOT
COUNTY COUNCIL, THE STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR TALBOT COUNTY IS
ENTITLED TO A REASONABLE ALLOWANCE FOR THE EXPENSES FOR THE
OPERATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR TALBOT
COUNTY.

(4) (I) THE STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY APPOINT, WITH THE
APPROVAL OF THE TALBOT COUNTY COUNCIL, FULL- OR PART-TIME
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS.

(II)  IF MORE THAN 1 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR IS
APPOINTED, THE STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY:

1.  DESIGNATE 1 OF THE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATORS AS CHIEF INVESTIGATOR; AND

2.  ASSIGN OTHER RANKS AND TITLES TO THE
OTHER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS AS THE STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY DEEM
APPROPRIATE.

(III)  A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR WHO IS APPOINTED
UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH:

STATE'S ATTORNEY;
STATE'S ATTORNEY;
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY;

1.  SHALL SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE

2.  IS SUBJECT TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE

3.  SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES DESIGNATED BY

4.  SHALL TAKE AN OATH OF OFFICE
SUBSCRIBED TO BEFORE THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR TALBOT
COUNTY;

5.  SHALL MEET CRITERIA WITH RESPECT TO
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED BY THE STATE'S ATTORNEY;

6.  MAY SERVE ANY SUMMONS OR SUBPOENA
ISSUED BY THE STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR TALBOT COUNTY;

7.  MAY WEAR OR DISPLAY APPROPRIATE
METALLIC BADGES AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE'S ATTORNEY; AND

8.  IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY OF THE
PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 27, §§ 727 THROUGH 734D.

(IV) IF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR MEETS THE
REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 41, § 4-201 OF THE CODE RELATING TO THE
SELECTION AND TRAINING STANDARDS OF THE POLICE TRAINING
COMMISSION, THE STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY DESIGNATE THE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATOR AS A PEACE OFFICER.

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