11-59-302. Number of board members -- Appointment -- Vacancies -- Chairs.
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Effective 3/12/2025
11-59-302. Number of board members -- Appointment -- Vacancies -- Chairs.
(1)The board shall consist of seven voting members as provided in Subsection (2).
(a)The governor shall appoint as board members three individuals with experience in economic development, corporate recruitment, workforce development, real estate development, or other relevant business experience.
(b)The president of the Senate shall appoint as a board member one individual with relevant business expertise.
(c)The speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint as a board member one individual with relevant business expertise.
(d)The mayor of Salt Lake County, or the mayor's designee, shall serve as a board member.
(e)The mayor of the city of Draper, or the mayor's designee, shall serve as a board member.
(a)A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner under this section as the appointment of the member whose vacancy is being filled.
(b)Each individual appointed or designated to fill a vacancy shall serve the remaining unexpired term of the member whose vacancy the individual is filling.
(4)A member of the board appointed by the governor, president of the Senate, or speaker of the House of Representatives serves at the pleasure of and may be removed and replaced at any time, with or without cause, by the governor, president of the Senate, or speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively.
(5)A member of the board may be removed by a vote of two-thirds of all members of the board.
(a)The governor shall appoint one board member to serve as cochair of the board.
(b)The president of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives shall jointly appoint one member of the board to serve as cochair of the board.
(7)The board may appoint, as nonvoting members, board members with needed relevant experience.
Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 31 , 2025 General Session