West Virginia Code
Article 2A. West Virginia Commissioner of Highways
§17-2A-7. Legal Assistance

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the commissioner shall utilize the Attorney General for all legal assistance and services as provided by law.
(b) The commissioner may:
(1) Employ a competent legal staff adequate for the ordinary legal services required by him or her and shall provide therefor such quarters, equipment, facilities, services and stenographic and other personnel as may be necessary: Provided, That for purposes of this subdivision, “ordinary legal services” does not include the retention or hiring of outside legal counsel; and
(2) Employ such additional legal counsel as he or she deems necessary upon a reasonable fee basis to perform legal services in acquiring, by right of eminent domain or otherwise, property, or an estate, right or interest therein.

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Chapter 17. Roads and Highways

Article 2A. West Virginia Commissioner of Highways

§17-2A-1. Duties of State Road Commissioner Transferred to Division of Highways; Department to Act Through Commissioner of Highways; Office of Commissioner of Highways Created; Appointment, etc.

§17-2A-2. Qualifications; Office Requirements; Devotion of Full Time to Duties; Supervisory Authority; Oath; Bond

§17-2A-3. Salary and Expenses

§17-2A-4. Selection, Organization, Classification, etc., of Personnel; Business Manager and Chief Engineer Assistants; Employees' Bonds

§17-2A-4a. Payment of Reasonable Traveling Expenses of Prospective Employees and Moving Expenses of New and Transferred Employees

§17-2A-4b. Scholarships for Training Highway Personnel; Other Training Programs; Notes for Money Advanced; Payment or Cancellation of Notes