(1) The committee shall interview persons applying for the position of staff director as to qualifications and ability and shall make recommendations thereon to the executive committee, which shall appoint the director as provided in section 2-3-303 (3). The director of the office of legislative legal services shall be an attorney-at-law. The director shall be responsible to the committee for the provision of staff assistance in the performance of the committee's duties and functions. The director, with the approval of the committee, may appoint such attorneys-at-law and technical and clerical personnel as may be necessary for the efficient operation of the office. The director and all employees of the office shall be appointed without regard to affiliation and solely on the basis of their ability to perform their duties. They shall be employees of the general assembly and shall not be subject to the state personnel system laws. The director shall be paid a salary determined by the executive committee in accordance with section 2-3-303 (3).
(2) The director shall be, ex officio, the revisor of statutes; except that the director, in his discretion, may appoint an employee of the office to be the revisor of statutes and to exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions assigned to the revisor by part 7 of this article or by any other law.