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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="3-307" title_number="3" title_name="Governor and Lieutenant Governor" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Powers and Duties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On the filing of a complaint against a civil or military officer who may be suspended or removed from office by the Governor, the Governor:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall provide to the respondent:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a copy of the complaint; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>notice of the time when the Governor shall hear the complaint;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may summon any witness to testify concerning the complaint, pay the witness a fee of $1 a day for attending, and reimburse the witness for travel expenses incurred in testifying;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>may designate one or more individuals to attend on the Governor’s behalf any part of any hearing that relates to the establishment of the facts of the complaint; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>may order either party or the State to pay any costs of the proceeding.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Governor, in the same manner as a court of the State, may enforce:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the attendance of a witness summoned under subsection (a)(2) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an order under subsection (a)(4) of this section for payment of costs by a party or the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the State is ordered to pay costs under subsection (a)(4) of this section, the Comptroller shall issue a warrant to the Treasurer to pay the costs.</text>
  </level>
</section>
