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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="15-411" title_number="15" title_name="Office of the State's Attorney" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Countywide Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only in Frederick County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State’s Attorney’s annual salary is $188,777.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State’s Attorney’s salary shall be increased annually in a percentage equal to the average annual increment and salary adjustment given to Frederick County employees over the State’s Attorney’s prior 4–year term.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The county commissioners shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>provide an office in the courthouse for the State’s Attorney;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pay the office expenses, including general operating expenses and the cost of equipment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>pay the reasonable salary of a stenographer to be appointed by the State’s Attorney.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The State’s Attorney may appoint two deputy State’s Attorneys who shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>serve at the pleasure of the State’s Attorney; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>under the direction of the State’s Attorney, present cases to the grand jury and perform other necessary duties in relation to the grand jury and the operation of the office.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Subject to the approval of the county commissioners, the State’s Attorney shall set the salary of each deputy State’s Attorney.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State’s Attorney may appoint the number of full–time and part–time assistant State’s Attorneys that are approved by the county commissioners and who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>serve at the pleasure of the State’s Attorney;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>receive the compensation that the county commissioners approve; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>have the same legal powers that the State’s Attorney has to present cases to the grand jury and perform other necessary duties in relation to the grand jury and the operation of the office.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the approval of the county commissioners, the State’s Attorney may appoint other staff.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Employees appointed under this subsection shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>serve at the pleasure of the State’s Attorney; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>receive the compensation that the county commissioners approve.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The State’s Attorney and deputy State’s Attorneys may not engage in the private practice of law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
