GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 12500-12504
12500. The annual salary of the Attorney General includes allservices rendered ex officio as member of any board or commission.12502.  The Attorney General may appoint and fix the salaries ofsuch Assistant Attorneys General, Deputy Attorneys General, serviceagents, experts, and technical and clerical employees as he deemsnecessary for the proper performance of the duties of his office.Each appointee is a civil executive officer.12503.  No person shall be eligible to the office of AttorneyGeneral unless he shall have been admitted to practice before theSupreme Court of the state for a period of at least five yearsimmediately preceding his election or appointment to such office.12504.  The Attorney General shall not engage in the privatepractice of law, nor shall he be associated directly or indirectlywith any attorney in private practice, but instead he shall devotehis entire time to the service of the state.