The functions and duties of the legal division of the State Department of Transportation shall, as all other assistant attorneys general, include the following:
- (1) To advise the Director of Transportation and other personnel of the State Department of Transportation on the legal aspects of all State Department of Transportation business;
- (2) To examine and advise as to the legality of all contracts and agreements entered into by the State Department of Transportation or the Director of Transportation;
- (3) To take all legal action necessary or desirable in the acquisition of rights-of-way for state and interstate highways;
- (4) To appear in court as attorney for the State of Alabama and the State Department of Transportation in the acquisition of rights-of-way for state and interstate highways; and
- (5) To represent the State Department of Transportation and the Director of Transportation in all legal proceedings to which the State Department of Transportation or the Director of Transportation is a party.
(Acts 1963, No. 581, p. 1267, §6.)