Section 320.

(a)  The chief officer of the Department of Business Oversight is the Commissioner of Business Oversight. The Commissioner of Business Oversight is the head of the department with the authority and responsibility over all officers, employees, and activities in the department and, except as otherwise provided in this code and the Corporations Code, is subject to the provisions of the Government Code relating to department heads.

(b) The Commissioner of Business Oversight shall employ legal counsel to act as the attorney for the commissioner in actions or proceedings brought by or against the commissioner under or pursuant to any law under the jurisdiction of the Division of Corporations, or in which the commissioner joins or intervenes as to a matter within the jurisdiction of the Division of Corporations, as a friend of the court or otherwise.

(c) The Commissioner of Business Oversight shall employ stenographic reporters to take and transcribe the testimony in any formal hearing or investigation before the commissioner or before a person authorized by the commissioner.

(d) Sections 11040, 11042, and 11043 of the Government Code do not apply to the Division of Corporations.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 48. Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353.)