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2011 Wyoming Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2011)

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Governor                          Administration         Chief Deputy Attorney General
Matthew H. Mead                   123 State Capitol                 Peter K. Michael
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
Attorney General               307-777-7841 Telephone
Gregory A. Phillips              307-777-6869 Fax
June 28, 2011
FORMAL OPINION 2011-001
Mr. Kenneth DeCock
Johnson County & Prosecuting Attorney
98 South Main Street, Suite A
Buffalo, Wyoming 82834
Dear Mr. DeCock:
From your letter requesting an Attorney General's opinion on this subject, we
learn that in 2003 Steve Kozisek was elected sheriff in Johnson County and that since
2000 his son, Paul Kozisek, has been a deputy sheriff there. You also inform us that
Sheriff Kozisek has told you that three levels of supervision separate him from his son
(undersheriff, lieutenant, and sergeant).
In 1998, the Legislature enacted the Wyoming Ethics and Disclosure Act, codified
at WYo. STAT. ANN. §§ 9-13-101 through 109. Among other things, the Act prohibited
nepotism:
(a) No public official, public member or public employee
shall advocate or cause the employment, appointment,
promotion, transfer or advancement of a family member to an
office or position of the state, a county, municipality or a school
district. A public official, public member or public employee
shall not supervise or manage a family member who is in an

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