The attorney general shall have the power to employ a suitable and competent person or persons who possess professional skill and/or expert knowledge when such employment shall be necessary in order to enable him to efficiently perform the official duties imposed upon him by law, and he may pay such person or persons reasonable compensation as may be agreed upon, provided such compensation shall not exceed the compensation usually paid for similar services by private employers of such persons. The compensation and necessary expenses of such employees shall be paid out of the attorney general's contingent fund or out of funds especially appropriated for such purposes.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 7 - Executive Department
§ 7-5-1. Qualifications, election, and duties
§ 7-5-3. Deputy attorney general
§ 7-5-13. Additional assistants to handle legal affairs of Highway Commission
§ 7-5-19. Office space, supplies, and equipment
§ 7-5-23. To keep an opinion-book
§ 7-5-25. To give opinions in writing
§ 7-5-27. To approve accounts against the state
§ 7-5-29. To attend the Supreme Court
§ 7-5-31. Failure to attend Supreme Court
§ 7-5-33. To enforce judgments and pay over collections
§ 7-5-35. May institute and prosecute suits to vacate fraudulent conveyances
§ 7-5-41. To receive certified copies of pleadings
§ 7-5-45. May advise school officials and employees in proceedings challenging validity of statute
§ 7-5-47. Suits on bonds of state officers
§ 7-5-49. To advise public service commission
§ 7-5-51. To represent state tax and public service commissions
§ 7-5-53. To assist district attorneys
§ 7-5-59. Investigation of official corruption, other white collar crimes, and computer crimes