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Legal division and general counsel - 74 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1722

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     § 1722.  Legal division and general counsel.
        (a)  Legal division.--The general manager shall establish a
     legal division which shall be administered by a full-time
     general counsel, who shall be an attorney at law admitted to
     practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and who shall
     be appointed by the general manager to serve at his or her
     pleasure. The legal division, in addition to the general
     counsel, shall consist of those attorneys and other employees as
     the general counsel shall, from time to time, determine to be
     necessary and who shall be appointed by the general manager.
     Except as provided in section 1721 (relating to counsel to the
     board), the legal division shall administer the legal affairs of
     the authority, shall prosecute and defend, settle or compromise
     all suits or claims for and on behalf of the authority and shall
     advise the general manager in all matters relating to his or her
     official duties. The authority shall not be considered either an
     executive agency or an independent agency for the purpose of the
     act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the
     Commonwealth Attorneys Act, but shall possess the same status
     for such purpose as the Auditor General, the State Treasurer and
     the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, except that the
     provisions of section 204(b) and (f) of the Commonwealth
     Attorneys Act shall not apply to the authority and,
     notwithstanding the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 8525 (relating to
     legal assistance), the authority through its counsel shall
     defend actions brought against the authority and its officers
     and employees when acting within the scope of their official
     duties.
        (b)  Other counsel.--The general counsel may, from time to
     time, with the approval of the general manager, retain such
     other legal counsel on such terms and for such purposes as shall
     be deemed by the general manager to be necessary or in cases
     where the needs of the authority would be better served. Nothing
     in this section or in section 1721 shall be construed so as to
     limit the power of the legal or other officers of the counties
     and municipalities comprising the metropolitan area to act in
     behalf of the general manager in their official capacities when
     requested to do so by the general manager.

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