ORS 180.140: Other assistants; salaries; representation of indigent clients.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The Attorney General shall appoint the other assistants the Attorney General deems necessary to transact the business of the office, each to serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General and perform such duties as the Attorney General may designate and for whose acts the Attorney General shall be responsible. Each assistant shall have full authority under the direction of the Attorney General to perform any duty required by law to be performed by the Attorney General. (2) Each assistant so appointed shall be a person admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of this state and shall qualify by taking the usual oath of office, conditioned upon the faithful performance of duties. (3) The Attorney General may appoint temporary assistants for a period not to exceed 15 months. Such temporary assistants shall be legally trained but are not required to be admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of this state. (4) Each assistant shall receive the salary fixed by the Attorney General, payable as other state salaries are paid. Each assistant so appointed shall devote the full time of the assistant to the business of the state, unless employment on a part-time basis is otherwise fixed by the Attorney General. (5) Special legal assistants or private counsel may be employed by the Attorney General, under the direction and control of the Attorney General, in particular cases or proceedings, whenever the Attorney General deems it appropriate to protect the interests of the state. The cost of such special assistants or counsel shall be charged to the appropriate officer or agency pursuant to ORS 180.160. (6) None of the provisions of this chapter prohibit the Attorney General or any of the Attorney General’s full-time deputies or assistants from voluntarily representing, without compensation or expenditure of state resources, indigent clients referred by a nonprofit civil legal aid office or pro bono program. [Amended by 1969 c.543 §2; 1971 c.418 §4; 1991 c.782 §1]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 137-009-0125: Purpose — implements
- OAR 137-009-0125: Purpose — authority
- OAR 137-009-0130: Definitions — implements
- OAR 137-009-0130: Definitions — authority
- OAR 137-009-0135: Policy — implements
- OAR 137-009-0135: Policy — authority
- OAR 137-009-0140: Methods for Selecting Contractors — implements
- OAR 137-009-0140: Methods for Selecting Contractors — authority
- OAR 137-009-0145: Procedure to Develop Lists of Individuals or Entities under Master Agreements — implements
- OAR 137-009-0145: Procedure to Develop Lists of Individuals or Entities under Master Agreements — authority
- OAR 137-009-0147: Solicitation to Engage a Contractor to Provide Legal Services within a Designated Practice Area — implements
- OAR 137-009-0147: Solicitation to Engage a Contractor to Provide Legal Services within a Designated Practice Area — authority
- OAR 137-009-0150: Solicitation to Engage a Contractor to Provide Legal Services for a Specific Matter — implements
- OAR 137-009-0150: Solicitation to Engage a Contractor to Provide Legal Services for a Specific Matter — authority
- OAR 137-009-0155: Criteria for Selection of Contractor under OAR 137-009-0145, 137-009-0147, and 137-009-0150 — implements
- OAR 137-009-0155: Criteria for Selection of Contractor under OAR 137-009-0145, 137-009-0147, and 137-009-0150 — authority
- OAR 137-009-0160: Direct Negotiation and Contracting — implements
- OAR 137-009-0160: Direct Negotiation and Contracting — authority
- OAR 137-009-0165: Repealed Rules — implements
- OAR 137-009-0165: Repealed Rules — authority
- OAR 137-087-0000: Purpose and Implementation — implements
- OAR 137-087-0000: Purpose and Implementation — authority
- OAR 137-087-0005: Definitions — implements
- OAR 137-087-0005: Definitions — authority
- OAR 137-087-0010: Integration With Total Community Response to Domestic Violence — implements
- OAR 137-087-0010: Integration With Total Community Response to Domestic Violence — authority
- OAR 137-087-0015: Interface Standards — Victims and Current Partners — implements
- OAR 137-087-0015: Interface Standards — Victims and Current Partners — authority
- OAR 137-087-0020: Confidentiality of Victim and Partner Information — implements
- OAR 137-087-0020: Confidentiality of Victim and Partner Information — authority
- OAR 137-087-0025: Interface Standards — Victim Advocacy Programs — implements
- OAR 137-087-0025: Interface Standards — Victim Advocacy Programs — authority
- OAR 137-087-0030: Interface Standards — Criminal Justice System — implements
- OAR 137-087-0030: Interface Standards — Criminal Justice System — authority
- OAR 137-087-0035: Interface Standards — Other BIPs — implements
- OAR 137-087-0035: Interface Standards — Other BIPs — authority
- OAR 137-087-0040: Interface Standards — Social Service Interfaces — implements
- OAR 137-087-0040: Interface Standards — Social Service Interfaces — authority
- OAR 137-087-0045: Intervention Strategies — implements
- OAR 137-087-0045: Intervention Strategies — authority
- OAR 137-087-0050: Intervention Curriculum — implements
- OAR 137-087-0050: Intervention Curriculum — authority
- OAR 137-087-0055: Culturally Informed Interventions — implements
- OAR 137-087-0055: Culturally Informed Interventions — authority
- OAR 137-087-0060: Admission Policies and Procedures — implements
- OAR 137-087-0060: Admission Policies and Procedures — authority
- OAR 137-087-0065: BIP Program Format — implements
- OAR 137-087-0065: BIP Program Format — authority
- OAR 137-087-0070: Policies and Procedures as to Termination or Release — implements
- OAR 137-087-0070: Policies and Procedures as to Termination or Release — authority
- OAR 137-087-0075: Post-Release Services — implements
- OAR 137-087-0075: Post-Release Services — authority
- OAR 137-087-0080: Personnel Standards — implements
- OAR 137-087-0080: Personnel Standards — authority
- OAR 137-087-0085: Research Programs — implements
- OAR 137-087-0085: Research Programs — authority
- OAR 137-087-0090: Demonstration Projects (see definition in Section 1) — implements
- OAR 137-087-0090: Demonstration Projects (see definition in Section 1) — authority
- OAR 137-087-0095: Program Review — implements
- OAR 137-087-0095: Program Review — authority
- OAR 137-087-0100: BIP Advisory Committee — implements
- OAR 137-087-0100: BIP Advisory Committee — authority
This rule cites
- ORS 180.160 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors180.html