Section 44-1-23
Legal counsel.
The state youth services director shall be authorized, subject to the provisions of the state merit system law, to appoint legal counsel for the department. Such counsel shall be commissioned as assistant attorney generals; except, that they shall devote their entire time to the business of the department. Salaries for such counsel will be paid by the department.
(Acts 1973, No. 816, p. 1261, §16.)