Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 17-41-201 - Protection area advisory board(1)(a)(i) A county legislative body shall appoint no more than five members from the county's conservation district board of supervisors to serve as the agriculture protection area advisory board.(ii) A county legislative body shall appoint an industrial protection area advisory board.(iii) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a county legislative body shall form a critical infrastructure materials protection area advisory board that consists of:(A) the executive director of the Department of Transportation, or the executive director's designee;(B) a local government elected official appointed by the county legislative body;(C) a representative of a local highway authority appointed by the county legislative body;(D) a representative of the critical infrastructure materials industry appointed by the county legislative body; and(E) a representative of the construction industry appointed by the county legislative body.(b) A county legislative body may appoint an advisory board before or after a proposal to create an agriculture protection area or industrial protection area is filed. A county legislative body shall appoint a critical infrastructure materials protection area advisory board only after a proposal to create a critical infrastructure materials protection area is filed.(2) A member of an advisory board shall serve without salary, but a county legislative body may reimburse members for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.(3) An advisory board shall: (a) evaluate proposals for the establishment of the relevant protection areas and make recommendations to the applicable legislative body about whether the proposal should be accepted;(b) provide expert advice to the planning commission and to the applicable legislative body about: (i) the desirability of the proposal;(ii) the nature of agricultural production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, as the case may be, within the proposed area;(iii) the relation of agricultural production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, as the case may be, in the area to the county as a whole; and(iv) which agriculture production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, should be allowed within the relevant protection area; and(c) perform the other duties required by this chapter.Amended by Chapter 227, 2019 General Session ,§ 12, eff. 5/14/2019.Amended by Chapter 179, 2007 General Session.