PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 376

(2) The State's Attorney may appoint two deputy State's Attorneys and the
number of assistant State's Attorneys as provided by the County.

(3) The annual salary of the deputy State's Attorneys shall be within the
discretion of the State's Attorney, as approved by the County, but may not exceed 90
percent of the State's Attorney's salary.

(4) The annual salaries of the assistant State's Attorneys shall be within the
discretion of the State's Attorney, as approved by the County, but may not exceed 80
percent of the State's Attorney's salary.

(5) The deputy State's Attorneys and the assistant State's Attorneys shall be
precluded from the private practice of criminal law and, with the exception of one
assistant, shall serve full time.

(6) The State's Attorney may appoint clerical, administrative, investigative
and other assistants as in his judgment may be necessary for the proper conduct of his
office.

(7) The State's Attorney may from time to time, if considered necessary,
with the approval of the administrative judge of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
County, appoint a temporary assistant State's Attorney for a particular case or series of
cases and, with the concurrence of the County, may fix the compensation.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to Article III,
Section 35 of the Constitution of Maryland, this Act may not be construed to extend or
apply to the salary or compensation of the State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County in
office on the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary
or compensation of the State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County shall take effect at the
beginning of the next following term of office.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 376
(Senate Bill 630)

AN ACT concerning

Kosher Products Law - Revision

FOR the purpose of requiring any individual or business entity that represents to the
public that any unpackaged food that is sold or served is kosher, kosher for
Passover, or under rabbinical or other supervision to display in a certain manner on
the premises on which the food is sold or served a certain disclosure statement;
requiring the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's Office to
develop a form for the disclosure statements required by this Act; clarifying

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