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165.055

165.055 Appointments.

165.055(1)

(1) The attorney general may appoint a deputy attorney general and assistants each of whom shall be an attorney at law admitted to practice in this state. Such appointments shall be made in writing and filed in the office of the secretary of state, and such appointees shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office which shall also be filed. Appointees shall perform such duties as the attorney general prescribes.

165.055(2)

(2) The deputy attorney general shall give a bond to the state in the sum of $5,000, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the governor, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy attorney general's duties and the attorney general shall be responsible for all acts of the deputy attorney general.

165.055(4)

(4) The attorney general shall appoint, in the unclassified service, the administrator of the legal services division subject to s. 230.08 (4) (a).

165.055 - ANNOT.

History: 1973 c. 90; 1975 c. 39; 1977 c. 29, 44, 418; 1987 a. 27; 1993 a. 482; 2001 a. 16.