19-1-204 - Legal advice and representation for department.
19-1-204. Legal advice and representation for department.
(1) The attorney general is the legal adviser for the department and the executive directorand shall defend them in all actions and proceedings brought against either of them.
(2) The attorney general or the county attorney of the county in which a cause of actionarises or a public offense occurs shall bring any civil or criminal action requested by the executivedirector or any board created in Section 19-1-106 to abate a condition which exists in violation of,or to prosecute for the violation of or for the enforcement of, the laws or standards, orders, andrules of the department.
Enacted by Chapter 112, 1991 General Session