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19-2-117. Attorney general as legal advisor to board -- Duties of attorney generaland county attorneys.
(1) The attorney general is the legal advisor to the board and its executive secretary andshall defend them or any of them in all actions or proceedings brought against them or any ofthem.
(2) The county attorney in the county in which a cause of action arises may, upon requestof the board or its executive secretary, bring any action, civil or criminal, to abate a conditionwhich exists in violation of, or to prosecute for the violation of or to enforce, this chapter or thestandards, orders, or rules of the board or the executive secretary issued under this chapter.
(3) The board or its executive secretary may bring any action and be represented by theattorney general.
(4) In the event any person fails to comply with a cease and desist order of the board orits executive secretary that is not subject to a stay pending administrative or judicial review, theboard may, through its executive secretary, initiate an action for, and is entitled to, injunctiverelief to prevent any further or continued violation of the order.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 112, 1991 General Session