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§47-2-121.
§47-2-121.
The Department of Public Safety shall establish or provide for a Legal
Division and the Commissioner may employ attorneys as needed, which
may be on full-time or part-time basis, which attorneys, in addition
to advising the Commissioner, Highway Patrol and other Department
personnel on legal matters, may appear for and represent the
Commissioner, Highway Patrol and Department in administrative hearings
and other legal actions and proceedings. Provided, that it shall
continue to be the duty of the Attorney General to give his official
opinion to the Commissioner and to prosecute and defend actions
therefor, if requested to do so.
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