(a) This section does not apply to a unit in the Department to the extent that the unit is authorized by law to employ its own legal adviser or counsel.
(b) The Attorney General is legal adviser to the Department.
(c) The Attorney General shall assign to the Department the number of assistant attorneys general authorized by law for the Department and its units.
(d) (1) The Attorney General shall designate 1 of the assistant attorneys general assigned to the Department as counsel to the Department. After the Attorney General designates the counsel to the Department, the Attorney General may not reassign the counsel without consulting the Secretary.
(2) The counsel may have no duty other than to give the legal aid, advice, and counsel required by the Secretary or any other official of the Department, to supervise the other assistant attorneys general assigned to the Department, and to perform for the Department the duties that the Attorney General assigns. The counsel shall perform these duties subject to the control and supervision of the Attorney General.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 2 - Maryland Department of Labor
Section 2-101 - Department Established
Section 2-102 - Secretary of Labor
Section 2-103 - Deputy Secretary, Consultants, and Other Staff
Section 2-103.1 - Office of Small Business Regulatory Assistance
Section 2-104 - General Authority and Duties of Secretary
Section 2-106 - Licensing Testing Fund
Section 2-106.1 - State Occupational and Professional Licensing Design Board's Fund
Section 2-106.3 - Real Estate Commission Fund
Section 2-106.4 - Calculation of Fees
Section 2-106.5 - State Board of Public Accountancy Fund
Section 2-106.6 - Calculation of Fees for Board of Public Accountancy
Section 2-106.9 - State Occupational Mechanical Licensing Boards' Fund
Section 2-106.10 - State Occupational Mechanical Licensing Boards' Fund -- Calculation of Fees
Section 2-106.11 - Maryland Home Improvement Commission Special Fund
Section 2-106.12 - Maryland Home Improvement Commission Special Fund -- Calculation of Fees
Section 2-106.13 - State Barbers and Cosmetologists Boards' Fund
Section 2-106.14 - State Barbers and Cosmetologists Boards' Fund -- Calculation of Fees
Section 2-107 - Counsel to Department
Section 2-108 - Units in Department
Section 2-109 - Advisory Units
Section 2-110 - Advisory Units -- Language Requirements; Interpreters