N.J. Stat. § 52:17A-13: Special counsel for State officers or departments, etc.

No special counsel shall be employed for the State or for or by any officer, department, board, body, commission or instrumentality of the State Government except by authority of the Attorney-General, and then only with the approval of the Governor, and provided that appropriations have been made therefor, unless the matter be of such an emergency and shall be so declared by the Governor.

L.1944, c. 20, p. 56, s. 13.