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GA HR1200
Resolution
Status
Introduced
1/28/2016
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Welch
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AI Summary
- Creates the House Study Committee on Agency Attorneys, Contract Attorneys, and Special Assistant Attorneys General, composed of 5 House members appointed by the Speaker
- Examines the growing use of "in-house counsel" by executive branch agencies, which under Code Section 45-15-34 are generally prohibited from employing counsel since the State Law Department holds exclusive legal authority over executive branch matters
- Reviews the salaries, efficacy, compensation rates, scope of services, and hiring/termination processes for agency attorneys, contract attorneys, and special assistant attorneys general used by the State Law Department
- Addresses concerns stemming from a 1995 Attorney General opinion (Op. Att'y Gen. No. 95-1) that identified approximately 100 attorneys employed as in-house counsel by executive branch agencies, a number that has since grown
- Committee members may receive allowances for up to 5 days, funded by House appropriations, and the committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2016
Legislative Description
House Study Committee on Agency Attorneys, Contract Attorneys and Special Assistant Attorneys General; create
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/2/2016
Full Bill Text
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