Sec. 708. Legal Services. The City Attorney shall provide legal services to the commission, except that, notwithstanding Section 275, the commission may retain its own legal counsel to provide advice to the commission and to take such action as the commission may direct when necessary under the two circumstances described in this Section. First, independent of the City Attorney, the commission may employ or contract for staff counsel to give advice to the commission and to take such action as the commission may direct on matters that directly involve the conduct of the City Attorney, the City Attorney’s office, or the City Attorney’s election campaign. Second, the commission may retain its own legal counsel for legal services in carrying out the commission’s responsibilities and duties under Section 706 on a specific investigative or enforcement matter. In this second circumstance, the commission and the City Attorney shall approve a panel of law firms or attorneys from which the commission may select legal counsel for these services. SECTION HISTORY Amended by: Charter Amendment ER, approved November 5, 2024, effective January 8, 2025.