§ 45-15-30. Created; Assistants, Deputies, and Other Personnel; Determination of Duties, Salaries, and Promotions; Limitation on Private Practice of Law; Disclosure Requirement for Assistant Attorney General Representing Criminal Defendant

There is created a Department of Law with the Attorney General at the head thereof and with such numbers of deputy attorneys general, assistant attorneys general, special assistant attorneys general, other attorneys, paraprofessional personnel, and other employees or independent contractors as the Attorney General shall deem necessary to carry out the functions of the Attorney […]

§ 45-15-31. Appointment, Compensation, and Removal of Assistant and Deputy Attorneys General and Law Assistants

All assistant attorneys general, deputy assistant attorneys general, and law assistants shall be appointed by the Attorney General for such periods of time as he deems advisable. The compensation of all assistant attorneys general, deputy assistant attorneys general, law assistants, and other employees of the Department of Law shall be established by the Attorney General, […]

§ 45-15-32. Employment of Clerical Assistants for Department

The Attorney General as the head of the Department of Law is authorized and directed to employ such clerical assistants as may from time to time be needed. History. Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 93; Code 1933, § 40-1611.

§ 45-15-33. Employees of Department Not to Receive Remuneration of Any Kind or Reimbursement Other Than Provided by Article; Exception

Except as provided in this article, no employee of the Department of Law shall be entitled to or authorized to receive any salary, fee, compensation, or other remuneration of any type, nor shall he be entitled to the reimbursement of expenses from any other state department, agency, commission, board, authority, bureau, or any other legislative, […]

§ 45-15-34. Department as Exclusive Authority for Executive Branch in Law Matters

The Department of Law is vested with complete and exclusive authority and jurisdiction in all matters of law relating to the executive branch of the government and every department, office, institution, commission, committee, board, and other agency thereof. Every department, office, institution, commission, committee, board, and other agency of the state government is prohibited from […]

§ 45-15-35. Power of Governor to Direct Institution of Proceedings and Litigation by Department

The Governor shall have the power to direct the Department of Law, through the Attorney General as head thereof, to institute and prosecute in the name of the state such matters, proceedings, and litigations as he shall deem to be in the best interest of the people of the state. History. Ga. L. 1931, p. […]

§ 45-15-36. Reimbursement of Department by Other State Agencies for Litigation Expenses; Submission to Agency of Statement of Expenses

When the Attorney General shall undertake the trial or preparation for trial of any action on behalf of any state department, agency, commission, board, authority, bureau, or any other legislative, judicial, or executive body of the state, such state agency involved is authorized and directed to reimburse the Department of Law for actual expenses incurred […]

§ 45-15-37. Reimbursement of Department by State Retirement Systems or Board of Workers’ Compensation for Services; Statement of Expenses; Advance Approval of Services

As used in this Code section, the term “state retirement systems” means the following retirement systems: Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia, Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, Public School Employees Retirement System, and Trial Judges and Solicitors Retirement Fund. When the Attorney General shall assign any assistant attorney general, deputy assistant attorney general, special deputy assistant […]