California Government Code 12520 – (a) The Attorney General may not employ special counsel in any …
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(a) The Attorney General may not employ special counsel in any case except pursuant to either of the following:
(1) Article 3 (commencing with Section 12540).
Terms Used In California Government Code 12520
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
- state agency: includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. See California Government Code 11000
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
(2) Article 4 (commencing with Section 12550).
(b) Subdivision (a) does not affect the right of the Attorney General to employ counsel to represent, or to assist in the representation of, a state agency as defined in Section 11000, including the Attorney General or the Department of Justice, or to represent a state employee if that representation meets any of the standards set forth in paragraph (3), (5), (7), (8), (9), or (10) of subdivision (b) of Section 19130.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 626, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)