HRS §269-53
Hiring lawyers for the consumer advocacy division
The head of the consumer advocacy division can hire or keep lawyers to help the division, without following the usual state hiring rules. The division can also ask the attorney general for legal help. This section only covers who can provide legal services.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Legal counsel
The executive director of the division of consumer advocacy may appoint or retain, without regard to chapter 76, attorneys to provide legal services for the division of consumer advocacy. Nothing in this section precludes the director of commerce and consumer affairs or the executive director of the division of consumer advocacy from requesting and securing legal services from the attorney general and the department of the attorney general.
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