The secretary of transportation shall appoint a chief attorney for the department of transportation, who shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act. The secretary of transportation may appoint additional attorneys to full-time positions within the department of transportation. Such additional attorneys shall be in the classified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall be subject to assignment and reassignment of duty within the department of transportation as may be determined by the chief attorney.
K.S.A. 75-5016