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UT Code § 67-5-16 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 16 - Child protective services investigators within attorney general's office -- Authority -- Training.

67-5-16. Child protective services investigators within attorney general's office -- Authority -- Training.    (1) The attorney general may employ, with the consent of the Division of Child and Family Services within the Department of Human Services, and in accordance with Section 62A-4a-202.6, child protective services investigators to investigate alleged instances of abuse or neglect of a child that occur while a child is in the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services. Those investigators may also investigate reports of abuse or neglect of a child by an employee of the Department of Human Services, or involving a person or entity licensed to provide substitute care for children in the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services.     (2) Attorneys who represent the Division of Child and Family Services under Section 67-5-17, and child protective services investigators employed by the attorney general under Subsection (1), shall be trained on and implement into practice the following items, in order of preference and priority:   (a) the priority of maintaining a child safely in the child's home, whenever possible;     (b) the importance of:   (i) kinship placement, in the event the child is removed from the home; and     (ii) keeping sibling groups together, whenever practicable and in the best interests of the children;       (c) the preference for kinship adoption over nonkinship adoption, if the parent-child relationship is legally terminated;     (d) the potential for a guardianship placement if the parent-child relationship is legally terminated and no appropriate adoption placement is available; and     (e) the use of an individualized permanency goal, only as a last resort.      Amended by Chapter 171, 2013 General Session
UT Code § 67-5-17 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 17 - Attorney-client relationship.

67-5-17. Attorney-client relationship.    (1) When representing the governor, lieutenant governor, auditor, or treasurer, or when representing an agency under the supervision of any of those officers, the attorney general shall:   (a) keep the officer or the officer's designee reasonably informed about the status of a matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information;     (b) explain a matter to the extent reasonably necessary to enable the officer or the officer's designee to make informed decisions regarding the representation;     (c) abide by the officer's or designee's decisions concerning the objectives of the representation and consult with the officer or designee as to the means by which they are to be pursued; and     (d) jointly by agreement, establish protocols with the officer to facilitate communications and working relationships with the officer or agencies under the officer's supervision.       (2) Nothing in Subsection (1) modifies or supercedes any independent legal authority granted specifically by statute to the attorney general.     (3) When the attorney general institutes or maintains a civil enforcement action on behalf of the state of Utah that is not covered under Subsection (1), the attorney general shall:   (a) fully advise the governor, as the officer in whom the executive authority of the state is vested, before instituting the action, entering into a settlement or consent decree, or taking an appeal; and     (b) keep the governor reasonably informed about the status of the matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information.       (4) In a civil action not covered under Subsection (1) or (3), the attorney general shall:   (a) keep the governor reasonably informed about the status of the matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information;     (b) explain the matter to the extent reasonably necessary to enable the governor to make informed decisions regarding the representation; and     (c) abide by the governor's decisions concerning the objectives of the representation and consult with the governor as to the means by which they are to be pursued.       (5) The governor may appear in any civil legal action involving the state and appoint legal counsel to advise or appear on behalf of the governor. The court shall allow the governor's appearance.    Enacted by Chapter 212, 2000 General Session
UT Code § 67-5-20 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 20 - Internet crimes against children -- Education programs.

67-5-20. Internet crimes against children -- Education programs.    (1)   (a) The attorney general may assist in efforts to prevent and prosecute Internet crimes against children, including working with other agencies of state and local government.     (b) Under Subsection (1)(a), the attorney general may administer the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which is a statewide multidisciplinary and multijurisdictional task force that investigates, prevents, and prosecutes sexual exploitation offenses against children by offenders who use the Internet, online communications systems, or other computer technology.       (2)   (a) As part of the attorney general's participation in this task force, the attorney general shall make available, to the extent legislative funding is available, statewide training and informational materials regarding Internet safety for children that focuses on prevention, reporting, and assistance regarding Internet crimes against children.     (b) The training and information shall include programs and information specifically designed for:   (i) children, which shall include classroom presentations and informative leaflets or other printed material; and     (ii) parents, guardians, educators, school resource officers, parent-teacher organizations, and libraries, which shall include Internet safety, technological protection measures, and effective supervision and review of children's use of the Internet, including locating and assessing sites children have had contact with.       (c) As possible, the attorney general shall direct that the task force work with state and local agencies that provide information and programs to prevent and prosecute Internet crimes against children to ensure the most effective use of resources.      Enacted by Chapter 277, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 67-5-21 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 21 - Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit creation -- Duties -- Employment of staff.

67-5-21. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit creation -- Duties -- Employment of staff.    (1) There is created within the Office of the Attorney General the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit to investigate and prosecute cases involving child pornography and cases involving enticing minors over the Internet into illegal sexual acts.     (2) The attorney general may employ investigators, prosecutors, and necessary support staff for the unit created under Subsection (1).    Enacted by Chapter 350, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 67-5-23 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 23 - Use of state vehicles for law enforcement officers.

 Effective 5/9/2017  67-5-23. Use of state vehicles for law enforcement officers.  Subject to rules adopted by the Division of Fleet Operations under Section 63A-9-401, the attorney general may authorize a law enforcement officer, as defined in Section 53-13-103, who is an employee of the Office of the Attorney General to use a state issued vehicle for official and personal use. Amended by Chapter 295, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 67-5-27 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 27 - Real estate fraud prosecutor.

67-5-27. Real estate fraud prosecutor.    (1) The state attorney general shall employ an attorney licensed to practice law in Utah who:   (a) has knowledge of the law related to mortgage fraud; and     (b) preferably also has background or expertise in investigating and prosecuting mortgage fraud.       (2) The primary responsibility of the attorney employed under Subsection (1) is the prosecution of real estate fraud.     (3) The state attorney general may employ clerks, interns, or other personnel as necessary to assist the attorney employed under Subsection (1).    Enacted by Chapter 370, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 67-5-28 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 28 - Memorandum of Understanding regarding enforcement of federal immigration laws -- Communications regarding immigration status -- Private cause of action.

67-5-28. Memorandum of Understanding regarding enforcement of federal immigration laws -- Communications regarding immigration status -- Private cause of action.    (1) The attorney general shall negotiate the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding between the state and the United States Department of Justice or the United States Department of Homeland Security as provided in 8 U.S.C., Sec. 1357(g) for the enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws within the state by state and local law enforcement personnel, to include investigations, apprehensions, detentions, and removals of persons who are illegally present in the United States.     (2) The attorney general, the governor, or an individual otherwise required by the appropriate federal agency referred to in Subsection (1) shall sign the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the state.     (3)   (a) A unit of local government, whether acting through its governing body or by an initiative or referendum, may not enact an ordinance or policy that limits or prohibits a law enforcement officer, local official, or local government employee from communicating or cooperating with federal officials regarding the immigration status of a person within the state.     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a government entity or official within the state may not prohibit or in any way restrict a government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the United States Department of Homeland Security information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an individual.     (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person or agency may not prohibit or in any way restrict a public employee from doing the following regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an individual:   (i) sending information to or requesting or receiving information from the United States Department of Homeland Security;     (ii) maintaining the information referred to in Subsection (3)(c)(i); and     (iii) exchanging the information referred to in Subsection (3)(c)(i) with any other federal, state, or local government entity.       (d) This Subsection (3) allows for a private right of action by a natural or legal person lawfully domiciled in this state to file for a writ of mandamus to compel a noncompliant local or state governmental agency to comply with the reporting laws of this Subsection (3).      Enacted by Chapter 26, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 67-5-29 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 29 - Duty to file legal actions.

67-5-29. Duty to file legal actions.    (1) The attorney general may file an action to enforce the Utah Enabling Act, Section 9.     (2) In accordance with Title 78B, Chapter 6, Particular Proceedings, the attorney general shall file an eminent domain action or quiet title action on property possessed by the federal government:   (a)   (i) that facilitates the state's ability to manage the school and institutional trust lands consistent with the state's fiduciary responsibilities towards the beneficiaries of the trust lands; and     (ii)   (A) that provides access to school and institutional trust lands; or     (B) that increases the profitability of the school and institutional trust lands; or         (b) for a public use that increases the ability of the state to generate revenue.       (3) The attorney general shall file, by no later than July 1, 2011, an eminent domain action or quiet title action described in Subsection (2) on property possessed by the federal government for:   (a) a highway on Spring Creek Road located in the western half of section 3, township 38 south, range 12 west to provide access to section 2, township 38 south, range 12 west;     (b) a highway off of Old Canyon Road located in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 5, township 10 north, range 5 east to provide access to the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 32, township 11 north, range 5 east; or     (c) the purposes described in Subsection (2).      Enacted by Chapter 262, 2010 General Session
UT Code § 67-5-30 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 30 - Mortgage and Financial Fraud Unit creation -- Duties -- Employment of staff.

67-5-30. Mortgage and Financial Fraud Unit creation -- Duties -- Employment of staff.    (1) The attorney general may assist in efforts to prevent, investigate, and prosecute mortgage fraud, as described in Section 76-6-1203, and other financial fraud, including working with other agencies of state and local government.     (2) There is created within the Office of the Attorney General the Mortgage and Financial Fraud Unit to investigate and prosecute cases of mortgage fraud and other financial fraud.     (3) The Mortgage and Financial Fraud Unit shall focus its efforts on detecting, investigating, deterring, and prosecuting mortgage fraud and other major financial fraud crimes.     (4) The attorney general may employ investigators, prosecutors, and necessary support staff for the unit created under Subsection (2).    Enacted by Chapter 350, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 67-5-31 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 31 - Mortgage and Financial Fraud Investigation and Prosecution Restricted Account.

67-5-31. Mortgage and Financial Fraud Investigation and Prosecution Restricted Account.    (1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the "Mortgage and Financial Fraud Investigation and Prosecution Restricted Account."     (2) The restricted account includes:   (a) $2,000,000 of deposits from the foreclosure fraud settlement agreement between the United States Justice Department, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general, including Utah's attorney general, Bank of America, Citi, JP Morgan Chase, GMAC, and Wells Fargo announced in February 2012; and     (b) any other amount appropriated by the Legislature.       (3) Money from the restricted account shall be used by the attorney general to:   (a) investigate and prosecute mortgage and financial fraud throughout the state; and     (b) fund mortgage and financial fraud investigation and prosecution staff.      Enacted by Chapter 350, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 67-5-32 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 32 - Rulemaking authority regarding the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services.

 Effective 5/9/2017  67-5-32. Rulemaking authority regarding the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services.    (1) The attorney general shall, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, make rules to establish public disclosure, transparency, accountability, reasonable fees and limits on fees, and reporting in relation to the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services.     (2) The rules described in Subsection (1) shall:   (a) ensure that a procurement for outside counsel is supported by a determination by the attorney general that the procurement is in the best interests of the state, in light of available resources of the attorney general's office;     (b) provide for the fair and equitable treatment of all potential providers of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services;     (c) ensure a competitive process, to the greatest extent possible, for the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services;     (d) ensure that fees for outside counsel, whether based on an hourly rate, contingency fee, or other arrangement, are reasonable and consistent with industry standards;     (e) ensure that contingency fee arrangements do not encourage high risk litigation that is not in the best interests of the citizens of the state;     (f) provide for oversight and control, by the attorney general's office, in relation to outside counsel, regardless of the type of fee arrangement under which outside counsel is hired;     (g) prohibit outside counsel from adding a party to a lawsuit or causing a new party to be served with process without the express written authorization of the attorney general's office;     (h) establish for transparency regarding the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services, subject to:   (i)Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act; and     (ii) other applicable provisions of law and the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct;       (i) establish standard contractual terms for the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services; and     (j) provide for the retention of records relating to the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services.      Amended by Chapter 18, 2017 General Session
UT Code § 67-5-34 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 34 - Rate committee -- Membership -- Duties.

 Effective 7/1/2021  67-5-34. Rate committee -- Membership -- Duties.    (1)   (a) There is created a rate committee that consists of:   (i) the executive director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, or the executive director's designee; and     (ii) the executive directors of six state agencies that use or are likely to use services and pay rates to the Office of the Attorney General's internal service fund, appointed by the governor for a two-year term, or the executive directors' designees.       (b) The rate committee shall elect a chair from the rate committee's members.       (2) Each member of the rate committee who is a state government employee and does not receive salary, per diem, or expenses from the member's agency for the member's service on the rate committee shall receive no compensation, benefits, per diem, or expenses for the member's service on the rate committee.     (3) The Office of the Attorney General shall provide staff services to the rate committee.     (4) The Office of the Attorney General shall submit to the rate committee a proposed rate and fee schedule for legal services rendered by the Office of the Attorney General to an agency.     (5)   (a) The rate committee shall:   (i) conduct meetings in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act;     (ii) review the proposed rate and fee schedules and, at the rate committee's discretion, approve, increase, or decrease the rate and fee schedules;     (iii) recommend a proposed rate and fee schedule for the internal service fund to:   (A) the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget; and     (B) each legislative appropriations subcommittee that, in accordance with Section 63J-1-410, approves the internal service fund rates, fees, and budget; and       (iv) review and approve, increase or decrease an interim rate, fee, or amount when the office begins a new service or introduces a new product between annual general sessions of the Legislature.       (b) The committee may, in accordance with Subsection 63J-1-410(4), decrease a rate, fee, or amount that has been approved by the Legislature.      Amended by Chapter 382, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 67-5-35 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 67 - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Attorney General|Section 35 - Lawful use of force -- Training program.

 Effective 5/10/2016  67-5-35. Lawful use of force -- Training program.    (1)   (a) The attorney general is authorized to administer and coordinate the provision of legal and practical training for law enforcement officers in the state regarding the constitutional and lawful use of force, including:   (i) best practices in reducing law enforcement officer use of force; and     (ii) legal foundations and limitations on law enforcement officer authority under Section 76-2-404, the Utah Constitution or laws of the state, and the United States Constitution or laws of the United States.       (b) Under Subsection (1)(a), the attorney general may create a training center and provide:   (i) technology integrating legal training on the use of force by law enforcement officers;     (ii) best practices regarding law enforcement officer response to threatening situations; and     (iii) law enforcement officer tactical training, including:   (A) virtual reality simulator training;     (B) investigation of a use of force incident; and     (C) legal documentation of use of force.           (2)   (a) The attorney general shall make available statewide legal and practical training for law enforcement officers in the state and informational materials regarding law enforcement officer use of force and related subjects.     (b) The training and informational materials shall include programs and information specifically designed to address:   (i) pre-escalation recognition of potential resistance and law enforcement officer response options that do not involve force;     (ii) decision-making skills regarding use of force;     (iii) management of law enforcement officer stress during threatening situations;     (iv) tactical disengagement;     (v) sanctity and preservation of life;     (vi) investigating and critiquing a law enforcement officer incident of use of force; and     (vii) the legal foundations and limitations on law enforcement officer authority under the Utah Constitution or laws of the state and the United States Constitution or laws of the United States.       (c) The attorney general shall work with state and local agencies to ensure the most effective use of resources in providing training for law enforcement officers throughout the state.       (3) The attorney general may employ staff necessary to implement the training center created under this section.    Enacted by Chapter 412, 2016 General Session  Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of section number also enacted in HB351, Chapter 120.