2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 15 - Department of law 15.100 Deputy attorney general, solicitor general, assistant deputy attorneys general, assistants, special attorneys and contract attorneys.
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15.100
Deputy attorney general, solicitor general, assistant deputy attorneys
general, assistants, special attorneys and contract attorneys.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
The Attorney General shall appoint a deputy attorney general, who shall have the
same qualifications required of a Circuit Judge except for residence in a district and
who shall receive the same salary as a Circuit Judge, to serve at the pleasure of the
Attorney General and to perform the duties he or she may designate. The Attorney
General may appoint two (2) assistant deputy attorneys general, who shall have the
same qualifications required of a District Judge except for residence in a district and
who shall receive the same salary as a District Judge, to serve at the pleasure of the
Attorney General and to perform the duties he or she may designate. In addition
thereto, he or she shall appoint a solicitor general to serve at the pleasure of the
Attorney General and to perform the duties he or she may designate and shall set his
or her salary.
In addition to the deputy attorney general, the Attorney General shall appoint such
assistants and special attorneys as he or she deems necessary to transact the business
of the Department of Law, and to perform the duties he or she may designate. The
deputy attorney general, assistant deputy attorneys general, assistants, and special
attorneys shall have full power, as authorized and under the direction of the
Attorney General, to perform such duties as may be performed by the Attorney
General. The Attorney General shall be responsible for the official acts of his or her
deputy, assistant deputy attorneys general, assistants, and special attorneys.
In addition to the appointment and designation of a deputy, assistant deputy
attorneys general, assistants, and special attorneys pursuant to subsections (1) and
(2) of this section, the Attorney General may enter into such contracts for legal
services as he or she deems necessary and advisable. Such contracts shall be subject
to the relevant provisions of the Kentucky Model Procurement Code in KRS
Chapter 45A.
Each assistant or special attorney so appointed or designated shall be a person
admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of this Commonwealth and
shall qualify by taking the oath of office.
Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2020. -- Amended
2018 Ky. Acts ch. 87, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch.
362, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 9. -Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 68, Art. II, sec. 5. -- Amended 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 123,
sec. 29. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch.
208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 112-3.
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