- (a) A clerk-treasurer may hire or contract with competent attorneys or legal research assistants on terms the clerk-treasurer considers appropriate.
- (b) Appropriations for the salaries of attorneys and legal research assistants employed under this section shall be approved in the annual budget.
- (c) Appropriations for the salaries of attorneys and legal research assistants employed under this section shall be approved in the annual budget and must be allocated to the clerk-treasurer for the payment of attorneys' and legal research assistants' salaries.
As added by P.L.69-1995, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.98-2000, SEC.24.