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Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 770

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 9-1705
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 204 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993
Section 20

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

Article 10 - Legal Officials

41B.

(a) The State's Attorneys' Coordinator has the following duties and
responsibilities:

(1)     To establish and implement standard and specialized training programs
and provide materials for State's Attorneys and their professional [staff] STAFFS;

(2)     To provide and coordinate continuing legal education programs and
services for State's Attorneys and their professional staffs including legal research,
technical assistance, technical and professional publications, compiling and disseminating
information and advise State's Attorneys of current developments and changes in the
criminal law and the administration of criminal justice relative to the duties of their
office;

(3)     With the approval of the Council, to establish and implement uniform
reporting procedures for the State's Attorneys and their professional staffs to maintain
and provide statistical data and information relative to prosecutorial functions and
standards in their office;

(4)     With the approval of the Council, to accept and expend funds, grants,
and gifts and accept services from any public or private source;

(5)     With the approval of the Council, to enter into agreements and contracts
with any public or private agencies or educational institutions;               

(6)     To provide services and functions as the State's Attorneys' Coordination
Council directs, and in order to carry out the duties and responsibilities of his office;

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