Section 12520 Of Article 2. General Powers And Duties From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 2.
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. (a) The Attorney General may not employ special counsel in
any case except pursuant to either of the following:
(1) Article 3 (commencing with Section 12540).
(2) Article 4 (commencing with Section 12550).
(b) Subdivision (a) does not affect the right of the Attorney
General to employ counsel to represent, or to assist in the
representation of, a state agency as defined in Section 11000,
including the Attorney General or the Department of Justice, or to
represent a state employee if that representation meets any of the
standards set forth in paragraph (3), (5), (7), (8), (9), or (10) of
subdivision (b) of Section 19130.