Administrative Code of 1987
Section 12. Legal Service. - The Legal Service provides the Department with services on such legal affairs as contract letting and litigation, legal and legislative research, complaints and investigation, legal counselling and other matters of law. For such purposes, it shall have the following functions:
(1) Advise the Secretary on all matters relating to legal affairs;
(2) Prepare Department contracts and legal instruments, review and interpret all contracts and agreements entered into by the Department; evaluate all legal proposals;
(3) Conduct administrative investigation as well as the review of administrative charges against officers and employees of the Department;
(4) Exercise functional jurisdiction over the legal staffs of Regional Offices;
(5) Provide legal assistance to the Department Proper, the Bureaus and Regional Offices and, when requested, the attached corporations; and
(6) Perform such other related duties and responsibilities as may be assigned or delegated by the Secretary or as may be required by law.