North Carolina § 143-300 - 5. Regulations for providing defense counsel.

§ 143-300. 5. Regulations for providing defense counsel.

The Governor may issue regulations for the defense of employees or former employees of the State pursuant to this Article through one or more of the following methods as may be appropriate to the employee or class of employees in question: By the Attorney General; By employing other counsel for this purpose as provided in G.S. 147-17; By authorizing the purchase of insurance which requires that the insurer provide or underwrite the cost of the defense; or By authorizing defense by counsel assigned to or employed by the department, agency, board, commission, institution, bureau, or authority which employed the person requesting the defense. History (1967, c. 1092, s. 1.) Opinions of Attorney General Decision to Defend Discretionary. - This section does not obligate the State to utilize any one of the four methods outlined therein in any particular case. Rather, the State has the discretion under this section to provide for an employee's defense through any one of the four methods as may be appropriate to the employee or class of employees in question. See opinion of Attorney General to Mr. Richard H. Robinson, Jr., Assistant to the President, The University of North Carolina, 59 N.C.A.G. 21 (1989). Defense Pursuant to Section Prerequisite to Payment of Judgment. - Section 143-300.6(a) does not authorize the State to pay any judgment rendered in any case where the State does not provide the defense for the employee under one of the methods specified in this section. See Opinion of Attorney General to Mr. Richard H. Robinson, Jr., Assistant to the President, The University of North Carolina, 59 N.C.A.G. 21 (1989).