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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="15-401" title_number="15" title_name="Office of the State's Attorney" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Countywide Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State’s Attorney for a county shall receive:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an annual salary for performing the duties of the office as set forth in the public general laws and the public local laws of the county; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an annual payment for office, travel, and other expenses as provided by law and the current practice of the county.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Unless otherwise specified, a county shall pay the salary and expenses in equal monthly installments.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except for necessary travel and other expenses incurred in trying a case removed to another county, a State’s Attorney may not receive any other compensation for performing the duties of the office.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any fees to which the State’s Attorney may be entitled shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>collected and paid to the governing body of the county; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>credited to the general fund of the county.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
