<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="15-415" 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 Kent County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State’s Attorney’s salary is 80% of the salary of a judge of the District Court of Maryland.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The county commissioners shall set the State’s Attorney’s allowance for office expenses.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The State’s Attorney shall submit expense vouchers to the county commissioners for approval and payment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The State’s Attorney has a special fund allowance of $4,000 for the costs of investigations.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>At the end of each fiscal year:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the State’s Attorney shall account to the county commissioners for expenditures from the fund; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>any balance remaining in the fund shall revert to the general fund of the county.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State’s Attorney may employ one or more deputy State’s Attorneys and assistant State’s Attorneys who shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>serve at the pleasure of the State’s Attorney; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be members in good standing of the local bar.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The county commissioners shall set the salaries of the deputy and assistant State’s Attorneys.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State’s Attorney may employ a criminal investigator who serves at the pleasure of the State’s Attorney.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State’s Attorney may employ an administrative coordinator and other administrative and clerical staff that the State’s Attorney considers necessary for the conduct of the office.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The county commissioners shall set the salaries of the criminal investigator, administrative coordinator, and administrative and clerical staff.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State’s Attorney shall serve full time and may not engage in the private practice of law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to the approval of the county commissioners, a deputy or assistant State’s Attorney may engage in the private practice of law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
