§17-2A-7 Legal assistance.
§17-2A-7. Legal assistance.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner:
(1) Shall select and employ a competent legal staff adequate for the ordinary legal services required by him and shall provide therefor such quarters, equipment, facilities, services and stenographic and other personnel as may be necessary;
(2) May call upon the attorney general and the prosecuting attorneys of the several counties, within their respective jurisdictions, for legal assistance and services as provided by law;
(3) May employ such additional legal counsel as he deems necessary upon a reasonable fee basis to perform legal services in acquiring, by right of eminent domain or otherwise, property, or an estate, right or interest therein.