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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="14-103" title_number="14" title_name="Office of the State Prosecutor" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a State Prosecutor Selection and Disabilities Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Attorney General; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>six individuals appointed by the Governor as follows:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>two individuals shall be appointed from a list of two or more nominees submitted by the President of the Senate:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>only one of the individuals appointed shall be a lawyer; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>none of the nominees may be a member of the General Assembly or a full–time State employee;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>two individuals shall be appointed from a list of two or more nominees submitted by the Speaker of the House of Delegates:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>only one of the individuals appointed shall be a lawyer; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>none of the nominees may be a member of the General Assembly or a full–time State employee;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>one individual who:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>shall be appointed from a list of one or more nominees submitted by the Board of Governors of the Maryland State Bar Association; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is a lawyer admitted to practice law in the State; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>one individual who:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>shall be appointed from a list of one or more nominees submitted by the governing board of the Maryland State’s Attorneys Association; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is a State’s Attorney at the time of appointment and throughout the individual’s term on the Commission.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Governor shall appoint the members of the Commission from the nominees submitted to the Governor under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Governor may reject an individual as a nominee only for cause.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the Governor rejects an individual as a nominee, the Governor shall request the appropriate nominating authority to submit another nominee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of an appointed member is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of appointed members are staggered as required by the terms in effect for members on October 1, 2008.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An appointed member serves until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An appointed member is eligible for reappointment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>From among the members, the Governor shall designate the chair of the Commission for the period that the Governor determines.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A vacancy that occurs on the Commission shall be filled by the Governor in the same manner as provided for appointments in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>A member of the Commission:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may not receive compensation for serving on the Commission; but</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
