Below are Attorney General opinions pertaining to Conservation Districts received by the Wyoming Department of Agriculture from 1939 - 2011.

Agency Authority

• State Examiner (3/16/1965)
  
• Authority of the DEQ (11/10/1977)
  
• Department of Audit (6/15/1992)
  
• District Rulemaking Authority (5/16/1997)
  

Conservation District Administration

• Definition of an Employee (3/27/1939)
  
• Paying Taxes (7/30/1942)
  
• Liability in Case of Injury (4/22/1943)
  
• Purchasing for Resale (3/15/1954)
  
• Social Security (10/5/1955)
  
• Unemployment Compensation Fund (1/25/1961)
  
• Public Inspection of Records (6/20/1966)
  
• District Name Change (6/5/1968)
  
• Independent Contractors (6/3/1982)
  
• Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act (5/5/1989)
  
• Legal Services (4/27/1990)
  
• Use of State Vehicles (11/28/1990)
  
• State Purchasing Requirements (5/19/1995)
  
• Contract Labor (6/2/1997)
  
• Bid Proposals (5/12/2003)
  
• Disposal of Property (12/2/2009)
  

Conservation District Board

• Supervisor Expense Coverage (9/30/1954)
  
• Designated Voting Representative (12/11/1956)
  
• Per Diem (10/7/1977)
  
• Supervisor Vacancies (5/21/1980)
  
• Supervisor Liability (12/8/1986)
  
• Governmental Claims Act (5/31/1989)
  
• Liability Coverage (4/27/1990)
  
• Board Expenses (10/28/1993)
  
• Qualifications of a Board Member (5/6/1994)
  
• Supervisor Removal (11/3/2000)
  
• Board Meeting Meals (10/4/2007)
  
• Tape Recording Board Meetings (6/17/2009)
  

District Law

• Public Law 566 (3/15/1955)
  
• Public Law 566 Clarification (3/21/1955)
  
• Chapter 130/Chapter 71 Repeal (1/13/1956)
  
• Section 15 (4/12/1971)
  
• Laws of 1987 (4/27/1990)
  
• WACD Bylaws (4/15/1998)
  

Elections

• Ability to Serve (2/26/1952)
  
• Supervisor Appointment (12/14/1954)
  
• Oath Administration (3/8/1961)
  
• Relative Serving on the Board (3/27/1963)
  
• Election Code Responsibilities (6/20/1973)
  
• General Election Costs (6/10/1975)
  
• Local Imposition of Tax (2/5/1990)
  
• Successor Supervisors (11/19/1991)
  
• Election Payment Responsibility (3/12/1992)
  
• Employee Running for Supervisor (9/21/1992)
  
• Resident Alien Qualification (12/20/1993)
  
• Terms of Appointment (9/9/2002)
  
• Election Expenses (12/23/2002)
  

Funding

• Works of Improvement (12/271954)
  
• Loan Collateral (2/26/1957)
  
• Irrigation Storage Reservoirs (8/28/1957)
  
• Financial Assistance (10/10/1962)
  
• General Revenue Sharing (6/22/1973)
  
• State Agency Guidelines (12/16/1977)
  
• Sales Tax Exemption (1/4/1978)
  
• County Funds (4/14/1978)
  
• Public Inspection of Financial Records (4/12/1984)
  
• Use of Funds (5/26/1989)
  
• Cash Management Sweeps Account (10/3/1994)
  
• Donation Definition (3/14/2011)
  

Land

• Exclusion of Leased Lands (2/4/1942)
  
• Exclusion of Land Within Proposed District (11/15/1944)
  
• Lands Leased to Operators (7/20/1956)
  
• Landowner Agreement (6/7/1961)
  
• Land Withdraw (10/10/1961)
  
• Land Reclamation Standards (3/17/1976)
  
• Surface Mining (4/2/1979)
  
• Landowner Land Withdraw (1/24/1984)
  
• Select Areas Not Included in the District (5/19/1992)
  
• Conservation Easements on Public Land (9/23/2004)
  

Mill Levy

• Mill Levy Election Dates (6/16/1989)
  
• Mill Levy Timing (2/5/1990)
  
• Ballot (5/25/1990)
  
• Voting Eligibility (6/5/1990)
  
• Mill Levy Election (6/16/1991)
  
• Commissioners Reduction of Mill Levy (7/2/1993)
  
• Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act (8/8/1997)
  

Other

• Procedure to Combine Districts (9/15/1958)
  
• Livestock Scale Construction and Operation (12/3/1968)
  
• Model Ordinance (5/19/1975)
  
• Douglas Watershed Plan (10/25/1978)
  
• College Scholarships (7/11/1986)
  
• Ownership and Liability of Co-Produced Water (6/21/2006)
  
• Natural Resource Scholarships (10/3/2006)
  

Subdivisions

• Political Subdivisions (12/11/1953)
  
• Subdivision Taxation (7/18/1956)
  
• County Subdivision Resolution (4/28/1976)
  
• Subdivision Water Issues/Soil Limitations (8/2/1976)
  

Taxation

• Conservation District Property (7/18/1956)
  
• Tax Supported State Entity and Federal Services (4/12/1971)
  
• Weed & Pest Control Districts Sales Tax (3/24/1976)
  
• Sales Tax Exemption (1/4/1978)
  
• State Taxation (1/8/1990)
  

Water Quality

• Monitoring and Data Collection (6/14/1999)
  
• Monitoring and Data Collection (8/17/2001)
  

Watershed Improvement Districts

• Watershed Project Steps (4/9/1962)
  
• Special Project Fund (11/1/1972)
  
• Appointments (6/22/1973)
  
• Authority to Sell Water (4/13/1979)
  
• Election Law (4/15/1980)
  
• Federal Lands (4/8/1981)
  
• Loan Limitations (11/4/1981)
  
• Discontinuance (7/10/1991)
  
• Dissolution (9/9/2002)
  
• Principal Act vs. Special District Elections Act (8/23/2004)