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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="6-108" title_number="6" title_name="Attorney General" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Attorney General or any Deputy Attorney General or assistant Attorney General whom the Attorney General designates may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>become a member of an organization of attorneys general of other states or their deputies or assistants and, as provided in the State budget, contribute to the expenses of the organization; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>use the services of the Council of State Governments and, as provided in the State budget, contribute to the cost of the services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On January 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of this article, the General Assembly.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The annual report shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>describe the business and proceedings of the Office during the preceding calendar year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>include any recommendations that the Attorney General considers appropriate.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Attorney General shall keep the following records until they are disposed of in accordance with § 10–616 of this article:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a copy of the pleadings in each suit, action, or other proceeding of which the Office has charge;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a complete and current docket of those proceedings;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a copy of each written opinion that the Office issues; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>an abstract of each title that the Office examines or has examined.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Attorney General annually shall publish on the website of the Attorney General:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the opinions that the Office issued during the preceding calendar year; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the annual report for that preceding calendar year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The papers of the Office shall be filed in its offices until disposed of in accordance with § 10–616 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The papers and books of the Office shall be indexed so that they are readily accessible.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
