N.J.S.A. 52:17A-17 — Office of counsel to State officers, departments, etc., abolished; exceptions

52:17A-17. Office of counsel to State officers, departments, etc., abolished; exceptions All offices and positions of attorneys, counsel, solicitors, or other legal advisers to any officer, department, board, body, commission or instrumentality of the State Government hereby are abolished, except such offices or positions in which the incumbents are employed, under full-time employment, solely in the performance of administrative functions entailing the enforcement, prosecution and hearing of issues as imposed by law upon such officer, department, board, body, commission or instrumentality; provided, however, that all boards, bodies, commissions, agencies or public corporate instrumentalities of this State created by compact or agreement with a commonwealth or another State are excluded from the provisions and the effect of this act. L.1944, c. 20, p. 57, s. 17.

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