Section 29-5-4 Personnel.
Section 29-5-4
Personnel.
The director shall appoint, without regard to the State Merit System Law, such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the duties and functions of the office. The compensation of such personnel shall be fixed by the director in accordance with that of comparable positions established under the State Merit System pay plan. The director may prescribe the duties and responsibilities of the personnel of the office and delegate to them authority to perform any of the duties, powers and functions imposed on the office or on the director. For purposes of pay and employment benefits, rights and privileges, all personnel of the office shall be treated as if they were employees of the state.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 108, p. 333, §4.)