There is hereby created within the Department of Corrections a Legal Division. The Director may employ or contract with attorneys as needed and determine their salaries. These attorneys may advise the Director, the Board of Corrections, administrative supervisors of facilities and Department personnel on legal matters and may appear for and represent the Director, the Board of Corrections, administrative supervisors of facilities and Department personnel in administrative hearings and other legal actions and proceedings.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 35, § 1, emerg. eff. March 25, 1982.