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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-1239" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Staff and Services -- Department of Legislative Services">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to the reports under § 2–1238 of this subtitle, the Director shall report an apparent violation of law by a unit of State government or other body that is examined.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A report under this subsection shall be submitted to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Executive Director;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the unit or body that is the subject of the report; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Office of the Attorney General.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Director discovers any alleged criminal violation by a person during the course of a performance evaluation, the Director shall report the alleged violation to the Attorney General and the appropriate State’s Attorney.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A report under this subsection shall ask the Attorney General and State’s Attorney to take appropriate action.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Unless the Attorney General or State’s Attorney decides to prosecute an alleged criminal violation reported under this subsection, the Attorney General and State’s Attorney shall keep the report of the Director under this subsection confidential.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Attorney General may investigate and prosecute any alleged criminal violation reported under this subsection and has all the powers and duties of a State’s Attorney, including the use of a grand jury in any county, to investigate and prosecute the alleged violation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Office of the Attorney General shall respond, in writing, to a report received from the Director under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The response of the Attorney General shall include what actions, if any, were taken as a result of the findings of the Director.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The response of the Attorney General shall be submitted to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Executive Director;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the unit or body that is the subject of the report; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Director.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
