§ 74-21b. Assistant Attorneys General - Other employees - Appointments - Duties and compensation.

The following positions are hereby created in the Office of the Attorney General in lieu of all positions previously existing in said office:  One First Assistant Attorney General, and such other Assistant Attorneys General, investigators, and other employees as the Attorney General shall deem necessary for the proper performance of his or her duties.

The Attorney General shall appoint and fix the duties and compensation of all Assistant Attorneys General, investigators, and other employees necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Attorney General by law, payable from appropriations made for such purposes.

CLEET-certified investigators of the Office of the Attorney General shall have and exercise all the powers and authority of peace officers pursuant to rules promulgated by the Attorney General.

Added by Laws 1971, c. 16, § 1, emerg. eff. March 12, 1971.  Amended by Laws 1973, c. 131, § 3, emerg. eff. May 10, 1973; Laws 1982, c. 90, § 3, emerg. eff. April 1, 1982; Laws 1982, c. 229, § 4, eff. Jan. 10, 1983; Laws 1987, c. 203, § 10, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 348, § 25, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 264, § 128, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 2000, c. 366, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.