HRS §346-39
Who provides legal help to the Department of Human Services
This section says that the attorney general and county attorneys or corporation counsel must act as lawyers for the Department of Human Services when the department asks them to. It only covers who represents the department in legal matters.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Legal representative
The attorney general and the county attorneys and corporation counsel shall act as legal representatives of the department of human services when so requested.
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