§487-3  Personnel.  (a)  The director
may appoint as staff members persons who have been admitted to practice law
before the supreme court of this State without regard to chapter 76.  All other
employees shall be appointed by the director in accordance with chapter 76.



(b)  The director may, by contract, retain the
services of special consumer protection attorneys for the prosecution of
consumer-related matters.  The special consumer protection attorneys shall
serve at the pleasure of the director.  At the option of the director, special
consumer protection attorneys may be compensated on a fixed-price basis, an
hourly rate basis, with or without a fixed cap, or through a contingent fee
arrangement to be specified in the contract and payable out of all sums the
special consumer protection attorney recovers for the State by judgment, order,
assurance of voluntary compliance, or settlement. [L 1969, c 175, §3; am L
1995, c 73, §3; am L 2000, c 253, §150]