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HB0181 • 2013

County officer authority to retain outside counsel.

AN ACT relating to county officers; providing for retention of outside counsel by county officers upon approval of the board of county commissioners; providing for retention of outside counsel by boards of county commissioners in all matters the board deems appropriate; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Madden
Last action
2013-02-01
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Amendments

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HB0181HS001

Standing Committee • H07

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H07

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Bill History

  1. 2013-02-01 House

    H Failed CoW; Indef Postponed

  2. 2013-02-01 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  3. 2013-02-01 House

    Amendment Adopted

  4. 2013-01-31 House

    H Placed on General File

  5. 2013-01-31 House

    H07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  6. 2013-01-17 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07

  7. 2013-01-16 House

    H Received for Introduction

  8. 2013-01-15 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2013
STATE OF
WYOMING
13LSO-0475

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0181

County officer authority to retain outside counsel.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Madden and Senator(s) Schiffer

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
county officers; providing for retention of outside counsel by county officers upon approval of the board of county commissioners;
providing for retention of outside counsel by boards of county commissioners in all matters the board deems appropriate;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 18
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3
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302(c) is amended to read:

18
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3
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302.

Duties generally; employment of other attorneys by county.

(c)

Nothing in this section

or any other Wyoming statute
shall be construed to prevent the county
commissioners of any county or consolidation of counties
, or any county officer upon approval by the board of county commissioners,
from

either
employing one (1) or more attorneys to appear and prosecute or defend or assist the county and prosecuting attorney in behalf of the people of the state or such county or consolidation of counties in any action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal

or
from employing one (1) or more attorneys to provide the county commissioners or any county officer upon approval by the board of county commissioners
legal advice
independent of the county and prosecuting attorney
in any matter the board deems appropriate
. In such case,
the
nature
and

board of county commissioners
is solely responsible to determine the
necessity of the employment
shall appear
but shall state it

in the record of the board or boards. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the board of county commissioners of a county which has consolidated from independently employing one (1) or more attorneys to serve their respective counties.

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessar
y for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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