31.020 Public advocate -- Qualifications -- Selection -- Term -- Salary -- Staff.
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(1)The Department of Public Advocacy shall consist of the public advocate, deputy
public advocate, general counsel, such assistant public advocates as the public
advocate shall deem necessary, and such secretarial and other personnel as the
public advocate shall deem necessary.
(2)The public advocate shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of three
attorneys submitted to him or her by the Public Advocacy Commission; shall be an
attorney licensed to practice law in Kentucky with at least five
(5)years experience
in the practice of law; shall be excepted from the classified service; shall be the
chief administrator of the Department of Public Advocacy and an appointing
authority as that term is defined in KRS 18A.005; and shall serve a term of four
years, which is renewable, unless removed by the Governor. The incumbent public
advocate shall serve until a successor is nominated by the commission and approved
by the Governor. The compensation of the public advocate shall be set by the
provisions of KRS 64.640.
(3)The deputy public advocate shall be an attorney and shall be appointed by the public
advocate and shall serve at his or her pleasure.
(4)The general counsel shall be an attorney and shall be appointed by the public
advocate and shall serve at his or her pleasure. The general counsel shall represent
the interests of the department as directed by the public advocate.
(5)The assistant public advocates shall be attorneys, shall be appointed by the public
advocate, shall be covered by the merit system, and shall not be subject to the
provisions of KRS 12.210.
(6)Secretarial, clerical, and other personnel shall be appointed by the public advocate
and shall be covered by the merit system.