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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="6-110" title_number="6" title_name="Attorney General" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Chief Deputy Attorney General shall serve as acting Attorney General if the Attorney General temporarily is unable or unavailable to carry out the duties of office.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the Attorney General gives the Chief Deputy Attorney General written notice of a temporary inability or unavailability, the acting Attorney General shall serve:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on and after the date that the Attorney General sets in the notice; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>until the Attorney General gives the acting Attorney General written notice that the Attorney General is able to carry out the duties of office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the Attorney General has not given notice, but the members of the Board of Public Works and the presiding officers of the General Assembly, by a majority vote, make a formal, written determination of a temporary inability or unavailability of the Attorney General, the Chief Deputy Attorney General shall serve as acting Attorney General:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on and after the date of the determination; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>until the members of the Board of Public Works and the presiding officers of the General Assembly, by a majority vote, determine and give the Attorney General and the acting Attorney General written notice that the Attorney General is able to carry out the duties of office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On petition of any member of the Board of Public Works, a presiding officer of the General Assembly, the Attorney General, or the acting Attorney General, a circuit court has exclusive original jurisdiction to determine any issue that arises under this section and to pass any appropriate order.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except for cases that the court considers of greater importance, a proceeding under this section, including an appeal, shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>take precedence on the docket;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be heard at the earliest practicable date; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>be expedited in every way.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
