Utah Code § 73-2-13: Attorney general and county attorneys to counsel.

In all matters requiring legal advice in the performance of the state engineer's duties and the prosecution or defense of any action growing out of the performance of the state engineer's duties, the attorney general or county attorney of the county in which any legal question arises, shall be the legal advisers of the state engineer, and are hereby required to perform any and all legal services required by the state engineer without other compensation than their salaries.