WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                      Ch. 51

Article - Transportation

Section 2-106

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

2-106.

(a)  The Attorney General is legal adviser to the
Department.

(b)  The Attorney General shall assign to the Department the
number of assistant attorneys general authorized by law to be
assigned to the Department and any additional ones necessary to
render effective legal advice and counsel. The Attorney General
also shall designate an assistant attorney general as counsel to
the Department.

(c)  The counsel to the Department may have no duty other
than to render the legal aid, advice, and counsel required by the
Secretary and any other official of the Department, to supervise
the other assistant attorneys general assigned to the Department,
and to perform for the Department the duties assigned to him by
the Attorney General. The counsel shall perform these duties
subject to the control and supervision of the Attorney General.
After the Attorney General designates the counsel to the
Department, the Attorney General may not reassign the counsel
without consulting the Secretary.

(d)  (1) The counsel and every other assistant attorney
general assigned to the Department shall perform for the
Department the legal duties assigned to them by the Attorney
General. Subject to his discretion and control, the Attorney
General may assign to them any duty with respect to the
Department that is required of the Attorney General by law.

(2) The counsel and every other assistant attorney
general shall be a practicing lawyer of this State in good
standing and is entitled to the salary provided in the State
budget.

(e)  This section does not apply to any unit in the
Department:

(1) [to] TO the extent that the unit is authorized by
law to employ its own legal adviser or counsel; AND

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