The commissioner may employ the services of such independent consultants, and other persons possessing specialized skills or knowledge as he shall deem necessary or appropriate for the administration of this article, including, but not limited to, valuation, maintenance, upkeep, management, sale and conveyance of property, and determination of sources of unreported abandoned property.
(Code 1981, §44-12-230, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1506, § 1.)