17-81-102. Protection area advisory board.

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Effective 11/6/2025

(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.

(i)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.

(ii)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 the member's 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.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 14 , 2025 Special Session 1