Section 5-17-50

Assistants, employees, attorneys, and special counsel.

Subject to the provisions of Section 36-26-1, et seq., the administrator may appoint or employ such assistants, employees and attorneys as may be necessary to the efficient operation of the department. He shall fix their compensation in accordance with Section 36-26-1, et seq. and the pay plan of the State Personnel Department. All such assistants, employees and attorneys shall be subject to the provisions of the merit system. The administrator shall, with the approval of the Governor, have authority to employ and discharge special counsel as he may deem necessary.

(Acts 1985, No. 85-457, p. 425, §27.)