KRS 15.100: Deputy attorney general, solicitor general, assistant deputy attorneys

general, assistants, special attorneys and contract attorneys.

(1) The Attorney General shall appoint a deputy attorney general, who shall have the

same qualifications required of a Circuit Judge except for residence in a district and

who shall receive the same salary as a Circuit Judge, to serve at the pleasure of the

Attorney General and to perform the duties he or she may designate. The Attorney

General may appoint two (2 ) assistant deputy attorneys general, who shall have the

same qualifications required of a District Judge except for residence in a district and

who shall receive the same salary as a District Judge, to serve at the pleasure of the

Attorney General and to perform the duties he or she may designate. In addition

thereto, he or she shall appoint a solicitor general to serve at the pleasure of the

Attorney General and to perform the duties he or she may designate and shall set his

or her salary.

(2) In addition to the deputy attorney general, the Attorney General shall appoint such

assistants and special attorneys as he or she deems necessary to transact the business

of the Department of Law, and to perform the duties he or she may designate. The

deputy attorney general, assistant deputy attorneys general, assistants, and special

attorneys shall have full power, as authorized and under the direction of the

Attorney General, to perform such duties as may be performed by the Attorney

General. The Attorney General shall be responsible for the official acts of his or her

deputy, assistant deputy attorneys general, assistants, and special attorneys.

(3) In addition to the appointment and designation of a deputy, assistant deputy

attorneys general, assistants, and speci al attorneys pursuant to subsections (1) and

(2) of this section, the Attorney General may enter into such contracts for legal

services as he or she deems necessary and advisable. Such contracts shall be subject

to the relevant provisions of the Kentucky M odel Procurement Code in KRS

Chapter 45A.

(4) Each assistant or special attorney so appointed or designated shall be a person

admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of this Commonwealth and

shall qualify by taking the oath of office.