§487-3 Personnel. (a) The director may appoint as staff members persons who have been admitted to practice law before the supreme court of this State without regard to chapter 76. All other employees shall be appointed by the director in accordance with chapter 76.
(b) The director may, by contract, retain the services of special consumer protection attorneys for the prosecution of consumer-related matters. The special consumer protection attorneys shall serve at the pleasure of the director. At the option of the director, special consumer protection attorneys may be compensated on a fixed-price basis, an hourly rate basis, with or without a fixed cap, or through a contingent fee arrangement to be specified in the contract and payable out of all sums the special consumer protection attorney recovers for the State by judgment, order, assurance of voluntary compliance, or settlement. [L 1969, c 175, §3; am L 1995, c 73, §3; am L 2000, c 253, §150]
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