The state highways and transportation commission shall select and fix the salary of a chief counsel who shall possess the same qualifications as judges of the supreme court and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and shall appear for and represent the commission in all actions and proceedings under chapters 226 and 227, RSMo, or any other law administered by the commission, or in any decision, order or proceeding of the commission, or of the director and shall commence, prosecute or defend all actions or proceedings authorized or requested by the commission or to which the commission is a party and shall advise the commission or the director, when requested, in all matters in connection with the organization, powers and duties of the commission or the powers and duties of the director. The chief counsel shall, with the consent of the commission, appoint such assistant attorneys as the commission may deem necessary and their salaries shall be fixed by the commission. The chief counsel's office of the commission shall be furnished offices in the department of transportation building.

(RSMo 1939 § 8746, A.L. 1951 p. 800, A.L. 1999 S.B. 268)

Prior revision: 1929 § 8098