232.660 - Legal counsel for Division: Appointment; contract services; qualifications; powers. - Nevada Statutes

232.660  Legal counsel for Division: Appointment; contract services; qualifications; powers.

      1.  The Administrator may:

      (a) Appoint one or more legal counsel to provide services for the Division. If appointed, they are in the unclassified service of the State.

      (b) Provide for contract services to be rendered by such other legal counsel as are needed for assistance in administering the laws relating to labor and industrial relations.

      2.  Each of the legal counsel must be an attorney admitted to practice law in Nevada.

      3.  In the prosecution of all claims and actions referred to him or her, a legal counsel has the same power as that vested in the district attorneys of the several counties to:

      (a) Enforce the laws relating to labor and industrial relations; and

      (b) Prosecute for criminal violations of such laws.

      (Added to NRS by 1981, 1520; A 1983, 1460; 1985, 411; 1991, 2436; 1993, 1491; 1999, 1857)